![]() ![]() Parker divides his account into five parts. In this new work Philip emerges as less the bigoted ogre of traditional English histories, though also less the rather tragically hapless figure portrayed in Henry Kamen’s Philip of Spain (1997). 1556-1598), which presents a much more nuanced look at the man’s life and work. Parker (Ohio State), noted for The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659 ( 1972), The Military Revolution (1996), and many other outstanding works in early modern European history, draws upon a recently discovered lode of documents to give us a much revised edition of his 1978 biography of Philip II of Spain ( r. Illus., maps, diagr., stemma, notes, biblio., index. Imprudent King: A New Life of Philip II, by Geoffrey Parker ![]()
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