Protagonists of War : Spanish Army Commanders and the Revolt in the Low Countries / Raymond Fagel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fagel, R. P., author.

Series:

Avisos de Flandes

Avisos de Flandes ; 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Valdés, Francisco de, 1511 or 1512-1580.

Valdés, Francisco de.

Mondragón, Cristóbal de, 1514-1596.

Mondragón, Cristóbal de.

Avila, Sancho de, -1583.

Avila, Sancho de.

Romero, Julián, 1518-1578.

Romero, Julián.

Generals--Spain--Biography.

Generals.

Netherlands--History--Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648.

Netherlands.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource.)

Place of Publication:

Leuven Leuven University Press 2021

Leuven (Belgium) : Leuven University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Julián Romero, Sancho Dávila, Cristóbal de Mondragón, and Francisco de Valdes were prominent Spanish military commanders during the first decade of the Revolt in the Low Countries (1567-1577). Occupying key positions in this conflict, they featured as central characters in various war narratives and episodical descriptions of the events they were involved in, ranging from chronicles, poems, theatre plays, engravings, and songs to news pamphlets. To this day, they still figure as protagonists of historical novels: brave heroes in some, cruel oppressors in others. Yet personal, first-hand accounts also exist. Archival research into the letters written by these commanders now makes it possible to include their perspectives and the way they describe their own experiences. Looking through the eyes of four Spanish commanders, 'Protagonists of War' provides the reader with an alternative reading of the Revolt, contrasting the subjective experiences of these protagonists with fictionalised perceptions.

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789462702875

946270287X

OCLC:

1269216152

Publisher Number:

https://doi.org/10.11116/9789461664037