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Four hundred years after his death Philip II remains one of the mostcontroversial figures in history admired and reviled in equal measure. Thisnew study traces the development of the 16thcentury spanish king and of akingship that lay at the heart of European political religious and culturalevolution. It looks at the government that evolved during his reign as well asthe pressures of his tortured private life exploring the paradox of a man whoas a young ruler was deeply prudent but who became extraordinarily aggressivein old age and who reshaped the world through his successes and failures. «
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