Spain's Road to Empire

Description:

How did a barren, thinly-populated country become the world's first superpower? From militant Castile to Columbus and from the co-operation (willing or otherwise) of non-Castilians in imperial ambitions, to eventual imperial collapse, this text explores the brutal adventure.

subjects: Administration,  Catholic Church,  Colonies,  Commerce,  History,  Imperialism,  Politics and government,  Relations,  Spain, history,  Spain, colonies,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism,  International relations,  Management,  Spanish colonies,  Imperialisme,  Großmacht,  POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism,  HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries,  European History,  Early Modern History: C 1450/1500 To C 1700,  Colonialism & Imperialism

Places: America,  Europe,  Foreign countries,  Spain

Times: 1516-1700,  18th century,  Bourbons, 1700-,  Ferdinand and Isabella, 1479-1516,  House of Austria, 1516-1700,  Philip V, 1700-1746