Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. List Of Figures xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Part I. Europe
7. I. A Europe Of Composite Monarchies 3
8. II. Learning From The Enemy: Early Modern Britain And Spain 25
9. III. The General Crisis In Retrospect: A Debate Without End 52
10. IV. A Non-Revolutionary Society: Castile In The 1640s 74
11. V. Europe After The Peace Of Westphalia 92
12. Part II. A Wider World
13. VI. The Seizure Of Overseas Territories By The European Powers 109
14. VII. Illusion And Disillusionment: Spain And The Indies 131
15. VIII. Britain And Spain In America: Colonists And Colonised 149
16. IX. King And Patria In The Hispanic World 173
17. X. The Same World, Different Worlds 193
18. XI. Starting Afresh? The Eclipse Of Empire In British And Spanish America 211
19. Part III. The World Of Art
20. XII. El Greco’s Mediterranean: The Encounter Of Civilisations 233
21. XIII. Court Society In Seventeenth-Century Europe: Madrid, Brussels, London 254
22. XIV. Appearance And Reality In The Spain Of Velazquez 279
23. Index 304