A history of the reign of Philip II of Spain by the American historian William H. Prescott. It covers the political and religious conflicts of sixteenth-century Europe, drawing on archival sources. Listen for a detailed, classic narrative of early modern Spain.
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PHILIP THE SECOND. From the Original by Titian in the Royal Mus
London, George Routledge & Sons, Broadway, Ludgate Hill. PHILI
From the Original by Titian in the
Royal Museum at Madrid.
London, George Routledge & Sons, Broadway, Ludgate H
HISTORY
OF
THE REIGN
OF
PHILIP THE SECOND,
KING OF SPAIN.
BY WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF HISTORY AT MADRID, ETC. VOLUMES FIRST AND SECOND. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE NEW YORK. 416, BROOME STREET. Contents Footnotes PREFACE. decorative bar {iii} The reign of Philip the Second has occupied the pen of the historian more frequently—if we except that of Charles the Fifth—than any other portion of the Spanish annals. It has become familiar to the English reader through the pages of Watson, who has deservedly found favor with the public for the perspicuity of his style,—a virtue, however, not uncommon in his day,—for the sobriety of his judgments, and for the skill he has shown in arranging his complicated story, so as to maintain the reader's interest unbroken to the end. But the public, in Watson's day, were not very fastidious in regard to the sources of the information on which a narrative was founded. Nor was it easy to obtain access to those unpublished documents which constitute the best sources of information. Neither can it
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