Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621 / Paul C. Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Paul C., 1964- author.

Series:

Yale historical publications Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621.

Philip.

Peace.

Spain--Politics and government--1598-1621.

Spain.

Spain--Foreign relations--Europe.

Spain--Foreign relations--1598-1621.

Spain--Foreign relations--Treaties.

Europe--Foreign relations--Spain.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2000]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Impoverished and exhausted after fifty years of incessant warfare, the great Spanish Empire at the turn of the sixteenth century negotiated treaties with its three most powerful enemies: England, France, and the Netherlands. This intriguing book examines the strategies that led King Philip III to extend the laurel branch to his foes. Paul Allen argues that, contrary to widespread belief, the king's gestures of peace were in fact part of a grand strategy to enable Spain to regain military and economic strength while its opponents were falsely lulled away from their military pursuits. From the outset, Allen contends, Philip and his advisers intended the Pax Hispanica to continue only until Spain was able to resume its battles-and defeat its enemies.Drawing on primary sources from the four countries involved, the book begins with a discussion of how Spanish foreign policy was formulated and implemented to achieve political and religious aims. The author investigates the development of Philip's "peace" strategy, the Twelve Years' Truce, and the decision to end the truce and engage in war with the Dutch, and then with the English and French. Renewed warfare was no failure of peace policy, Allen shows, but a conscious decision to pursue a consistent strategy. Nevertheless the negotiation for peace did represent a new diplomatic method with significant implications for both the future of the Spanish Empire and the practices of European diplomacy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Notes on Terminology, Dates, and Currency

Introduction: The Making of Strategy at the Court of Philip III

Chapter 1. The Failure of the Habsburgs' "Bid for Mastery"

Chapter 2. Setbacks

Chapter 3. Strategic Overstretch: Saluzzo, Ostend, and Kinsale

Chapter 4. "Driblets like Sips of Broth": In Search of the Elusive Cure-Ail

Chapter 5. The English Succession and the Hope for a Settlement

Chapter 6. The Policy of Rapprochement

Chapter 7. "Blood and Fire": Spinola's Invasion of the Dutch Provinces

Chapter 8. Exhaustion

Chapter 9. Warrior Diplomacy

Chapter 10. The Search for the Advantage: Negotiation of the Twelve Years' Truce

Conclusion: The Pax Hispanica in Northwestern Europe

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300142938

0300142935

OCLC:

1024051652