| Item #527 WILLIAM THE SILENT, William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584 SPAIN & PORTUGAL Author: C.V. Wedgewood
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William of Nassau, was born to Protestant parents in Germany in 1533. He became a favorite of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, and was reared a Catholic at the emperor's insistence. A skilled diplomat, William was made overseer of the Netherlands at that time under Spanish dominion. When Spain encroached on Dutch liberties, however, William joined the legendary group of rebels known as the Beggars, contemptuously named by a Spanish official, and fought the imperial forces to a standstill. New York., nd, BOMC Ed. first publ., 1944, 256 Pgs. |
| Item #4045 WITH THE HEART OF A KING, Elizabeth I of England, Philip II of Spain, and the Fight for a Nation's Soul and Crown SPAIN & PORTUGAL Author: Benton Rain Patterson
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Highly readable account of the great sixteenth-century struggle for domination bewteen the two countries. Describes the rivalry, both political and personal, between the two monarchs following Philip's short-lived marriage to Mary Tudor. Explores his desire to return England to Catholicism, and his courting of Eliabeth I, that set in motion the battle between the Spanish Armada and the British Navy. Illustrated. New York, St. Martin's Press 2007 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 340 Pgs., HB. Published at $ 27.95. |
