The golden age

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Beginning with the return of the remnants of Magellan's circumnavigation in 1522 and ending with Charles' death in 1558, the author brings to life the periods of the Renaissance, revealing how the Spaniards were able to conquer Guatemala, Yucatan, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru and Chile and why Cabeza de Vaca walked from Florida to Mexico.

Moving between Spanish conquest abroad and the court of the astute Charles V, Hugh Thomas's The Golden Age: The Spanish Empire of Charles V is the second volume in a planned trilogy on the Spanish Empire.

When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in South America in the sixteenth century, they swept across the continent in a blaze of imperial expansion and brutal savagery.

Beginning with the return of the remnants of Magellan's circumnavigation in 1522 and ending with Charles's death in 1558, Hugh Thomas's masterful work brilliantly brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods of the Renaissance, revealing how the Spaniards were able to conquer Guatemala, Yucatan, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru and Chile; how the audacious conquistador Francisco de Orellana sailed down the Amazon, why Cabeza de Vaca walked from Florida to Mexico and what drove Hernando de Soto to pursue worldly riches in Florida, Mississippi and Georgia.

While adventurers and explorers like Cortés and Pizarro build entire cities and amassed vast wealth from the treasures of the land, they also killed thousands, and left the indelible mark of Spain's language and religion for centuries to come.

'Thomas tells the story of missionary zeal and military plunder with a zest worthy of a swashbuckling historical novelist'
The Times

'A riveting story of adventure and cruelty ... a considerable scholarly accomplishment'
Ben Wilson, Daily Telegraph

'This monumental history is an extraordinary achievement ... A beguilingly-written account of a fascinating subject'

Alexander Samson, The Times Higher Education Supplement

Hugh Thomas is the author of, among other books, The Spanish Civil War (1962), which won the Somerset Maugham Award, Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom (1971), An Unfinished History of the World (1979), and the first volume of his Spanish Empire trilogy, Rivers of Gold (2003).

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Tells the story of spain s rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of european countries this book charts the rise and fall of habsburg spain the story of spain s rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of eu Uiterlijk 18 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Losbladig

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 24 november 2011

Aantal pagina's: 736

Illustraties: Met illustraties

Hoofdauteur: Hugh Thomas

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 130 mm

Product hoogte: 30 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 130 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 38 mm

Verpakking lengte: 198 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 517 g

EAN: 9780141034492

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