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Title: *The* history to read of Imperial Spain
Review: At the start of the period covered in Mr. Elliott's book, Spain was a divided backwater unsure of itself. By the book's middle, the country is the colossus of the world, already showing decline but still solid. How did this come about? John Elliott shows you how. The corrosive internal factors that precipitated the decline-- the inflation from the New World precious metals, the overreaching that stretched the state across an empire beyond its capacity to control-- all are studied here in the most remarkable and insightful detail.
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