Juan de Ovando Governing the Spanish Empire in the Reign of Philip II |
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| Author:
| Poole, Stafford |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-3592-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2004 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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Philip II is a fascinating and enigmatic figure in Spanish history, but it was his letrados--professional bureaucrats and ministers trained in law--who made his vast castilian empire possible. In
Juan de Ovando, Stafford Poole traces the life and career of a key minister in the king's government to explore the role that letrados played in Spanish society as they sought to displace the higher nobility in the administration through a system based upon merit. Poole's biography...
More DescriptionPhilip II is a fascinating and enigmatic figure in Spanish history, but it was his letrados--professional bureaucrats and ministers trained in law--who made his vast castilian empire possible. In Juan de Ovando, Stafford Poole traces the life and career of a key minister in the king's government to explore the role that letrados played in Spanish society as they sought to displace the higher nobility in the administration through a system based upon merit. Poole's biography of Juan de Ovando provides an intimate view of the day-to-day influence letrados wielded over the Spanish colonial machine.