The Great Favourite: The Duke of Lerma and the Court and Government of Philip III of Spain, 1598-1621

by Patrick Williams

Book Overview

Francisco G mez de Sandoval, Duke of Lerma (1553-1625) is the last major unknown statesman in modern European history. Patrick Williams brings him dramatically to life and challenges the assumptions that historians have made about him and about Spanish history at a time of profound crisis, inviting a re-evaluation of the phenomenon of government by favourites in this seminal period of European history.

Lerma served Philip III as his favourite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719081416
• ISBN13: 9780719081415
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"