Spanish Presence in Sixteenth-Century Italy

Name: Spanish Presence in Sixteenth-Century Italy
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Spanish Presence in Sixteenth-Century ItalyImages of Iberia\nAuthor(s): Piers Baker-Bates, Miles Pattenden\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472441492, 978-1472441492\nSynopsis\nThe sixteenth century was a critical period both for Spains formation and for the imperial dominance of her Crown. Spanish monarchs ruled far and wide, spreading agents and culture across Europe and the wider world. Yet in Italy they encountered another culture whose achievements were even prouder and whose aspirations often even grander than their own. Italians, the nominally subaltern group, did not readily accept Spanish dominance and exercised considerable agency over how imperial Spanish identity developed within their borders. In the end Italians views sometimes even shaped how their Spanish colonizers eventually came to see themselves. The essays collected here evaluate the broad range of contexts in which Spaniards were presen.