Author

Óscar Alfredo Ruiz Fernández, Professor of Spanish Language, History, Culture and Civilization at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB), Romania.

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing (June 2021)

ISBN

9781350245303

Description

The early 17th century was a time of great literature the era of Cervantes and Shakespeare but also of international tension and heightened diplomacy. This book looks at the relations between Spain under Philip III and Philip IV and England under James I in the period 1603-1625. It examines the essential issues that established the framework for diplomatic relations between the two states, looking not only at questions of war and peace, but also of trade and piracy.

Óscar Alfredo Ruiz Fernández expertly argues that the diplomatic relationship was vital to the strategic interests of both powers and also played a highly significant role in the domestic agendas of each country. Based on Spanish and English archival sources, England and Spain in the Early Modern Era provides, for the first time, a clear picture of diplomacy between England and Spain in the early modern era.

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

List of Maps

Preface to the English Edition (2019)

Acknowledgements

Spellings and Conventions

Abbreviations

Introduction: Rethinking Spanish Diplomacy with Early Stuart England.

1. The English Crossroads. Debates and Dilemmas of the Spanish Foreign Policy.

2. The Spanish Diplomacy Finances in Jacobean Great Britain (1603–25)

3. War and Trade: The Spanish Embassy in England: Lighthouse and Fortress

Conclusion: Habsburgs and Stuarts. Seduction as Diplomacy, Love as Marriage, Heartbreak as War.

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Bibliography

Index