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FOR three hundred years a bitter controversy has raged around the actions of Philip II. of Spain. Until our own times no attempt even had been made to write his life-history from an impartial point of view. He had been alternately deified and execrated, until through the mists of time and prejudice he loomed rather as the permanent embodiment of a system than as an individual man swayed by changing circumstances and controlled by human frailties. The more recent histories of his reignthe works of English, American, German, and French scholarshave treated their subject with fuller knowledge and broader sympathies, but they have necessarily been to a large extent histories of the great events which convulsed Europe for fifty years at the most critical period of modern times. The space to be occupied by the present work will not admit of this treatment of the subject. The purpose is therefore to consider Philip mainly as a statesman, in relation to the important problems with which he had to deal, rather than to write a connected account of the occurrences of a long reign. It will be necessary for us to try to penetrate the objects he aimed at and the influences, personal and exterior, which ruled him, and to seek the reasons for his failure. For he did fail utterly. In spite of very considerable powers of mind, of a long lifetime of incessant toil, of deep-laid plans, and vast ambitions, his record is one continued series of defeats and disappointments; and in exchange for the greatest heritage that Christendom had ever seen, with the apparently assured prospect of universal domination which opened before him at his birth, he closed his dying eyes upon dominions distracted and ruined beyond all recovery, a bankrupt State, a dwindled prestige, and a defeated cause. He had devoted his life to the task of establishing the universal supremacy of Catholicism in the political interests of Spain, and he was hopelessly beaten... Phillip II - the man - History Learning Site Philip II was born in 1527 and he died in 1598 Philip II became king of Spain in January 1556 He governedSpain in her so-called Golden Age However his reign Philip II of Spain - Wikipedia Philip II of Spain (Spanish: Felipe II; 21 May 1527 13 September 1598) called "the Prudent" (el Prudente) was King of Spain (155698) King of Portugal (1581 Ancient Coinage of Macedonia Kings Philip II - Wildwinds Ancient Coinage of Macedonia Kings Philip II Philip II King of Macedonia 359-336 BC Philip won the horseback race at the 106th Olympics in 356 BC the quadriga King Philip II of Spain Visit this site providing a short biography facts and information about King Philip II of SpainFast and accurate details and facts about the life and history of Philip II of Spain - New World Encyclopedia During his reign Philip II stretched his empire across continents creating one of the vastest empires ever known and re-shaping the political map of the world Spain under Phillip II - History Learning Site The Counter Reformation John Calvin The Reformation Philip II - Wikipedia Philip II may refer to: People Philip II of Macedon (382336 BC) Philip II Philoromaeus (6564 BC) Philippus II (238-249 AD) Philip II of France (11651223) Philip II king of Spain and Portugal Britannicacom Philip II (born May 21 1527 Valladolid Spaindied September 13 1598 El Escorial) king of the Spaniards (155698) and king of the Portuguese (as Philip I Philip II - Duke Military Leader King - Biographycom King Philip II of Spain also known as Philip the Prudent ruled one of the world's largest empires The Philippines are named after him Philip II of Macedonia - Livius Philip II According to the Greek historian Theopompus of Chios Europe had never seen a man like king Philip of Macedonia and he called his history of the mid
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