{"product_id":"europe-and-the-decline-of-spain-1","title":"Europe and the Decline of Spain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1981, \u003ci\u003eEurope and the Decline of Spain\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the slow ebbing of Spanish power, its ‘melancholy, long, withdrawing roar’ during the ‘long seventeenth century’ of pre-industrial Europe. The author looks at the fortunes of Spanish European hegemony from its apogee late in the reign of Philip II to its ultimate failure and dissolution about a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author examines the dynamic spiritual and material resources of Spain as a politico-military system of continental dominance and control. He places the system in a context of continuous general European war, and structures and events in Spain and its provinces are set in this context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA feature of the book is the description of changing approaches to the Spanish system by its major adversaries. This, along with a fresh look at the events themselves, has conditioned a reinterpretation of Spain’s ‘political’ decline which stresses its centrality to an overview of the whole period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57261077365080,"sku":"9781032994826","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032994826_66a556e8-c97d-4dd1-aecf-6d129b53dc88.jpg?v=1778916657","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/europe-and-the-decline-of-spain-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}