Publication

1984-04-27 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

42,000 words, Guess

Page Count

168 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7735280M
  • ISBN-139780521278898
  • ISBN-100521278899
  • LibraryThing547672
  • Goodreads2070456

First Sentence

THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES saw the foundation of those great modern empires in whose liquidation it has been our dubious destiny to acquiesce: the empires of Portugal, of Spain, of the Dutch, of England, and of France.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Wiles Lectures

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