Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century 9781421441191, 0801830923

Six galleons for the king of spain: imperial defense in the early seventeenth century 9780801830921, 9780801845130

In 1625, Martín de Arana built six Atlantic warships for the Spanish crown. The author traces the ships from their const

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Spain in the Seventeenth Century 9780582072343, 0582072344

At the beginning of the seventeenth century Spain was the foremost power in Europe. Yet during the hundred years that fo

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The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-Century China 0520048040, 9780520048041

In classical Chinese, The Great Enterprise means winning The Mandate of Heaven to rule over China, the Central Kingdom.

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The Defense of Truth: Herbert of Cherbury and the Seventeenth Century

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Objects of Culture in the Literature of Imperial Spain 9781442664272

These essays examine a variety of cultural objects described or alluded to in books from the Golden Age of Spanish liter

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The Seventeenth Century

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Spain in the Seventeenth Century (Seminar Studies) [1 ed.] 9780582072343, 0582072344

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The Limits of Eurocentricity: Imperial British Foreign and Defence Policy in the Early Twentieth Century 9781463225964

In The Limits of Eurocentricity, Keith Wilson argues that the British Empire did not reorient itself towards Europe at t

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Spain in the Seventeenth Century (Seminar Studies) [1 ed.] 9780582072343, 0582072344

At the beginning of the seventeenth century Spain was the foremost power in Europe. Yet during the hundred years that fo

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Chinese Lyricists of the Seventeenth Century 9780824888503

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