Geoffrey Parker Livres

A vast archive of documents, unread since the sixteenth century, revises the portrait of Spain's best-known king

Drawing on vital new evidence, a top historian dramatically reinterprets the ruler of the world's first transatlantic empire The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task. Geoffrey Parker, one of the world's leading historians of early modern Europe, has examined the surviving written sources in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish, as well as visual and material evidence. He explores the crucial decisions that created and preserved this vast empire, analyzes Charles's achievements within the context of both personal and structural factors, and scrutinizes the intimate details of the ruler's life for clues to his character and inclinations. The result is a unique biography that interrogates every dimension of Charles's reign and views the world through the emperor's own eyes.

"Using dynamic full-colour mapping and lucid texts, this small-format atlas brings the story of humanity within everyone's reach. From the emergence of man two million years ago to the world on the eve of the year 2000, this fully updated edition [to 1997] covers all the major developments in the human story."

A companion volume to the South Carolina Educational Television Series "The world: a television history." Twenty-six chapters cover the world from the stone age to the modern age.

The publication of The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road in 1972 marked the birth of the "new military history", which emphasized military organization--mobilization, pay, supply, morale and, above all, logistics--rather than military "events" such as sieges and battles. Constantly cited since its first publication in English (with translations into Spanish and Dutch), this revised updated second edition includes new sources and references but otherwise remains faithful to the original edition. First Edition Hb (1972): 0-521-08462-8 First Edition Pb (1975): 0-521-09907-2

A set of lectures celebrating Ohio's bicentenary takes an engaging look at the state's past successes, such as creating the modern oil industry and participating in international reform movements, and invites readers to think anew about its future in the globalization age.

In the new edition of this classic book, Geoffrey Parker draws on material from all over Europe to provide an authoritative and exciting account of the eventful first half of the seventeenth century.

In order to understand Spanish America, one must begin with Philip II, who at one time controlled a quarter of the world's population. This new edition is brought up to date with new material including photos, map and charts, and an essay in which the author evaluates new works about this 'obsessed personality.' 'A well-managed and impressively clear story.' - The New York Times

An inside look at the revolutionary business power of the platform-from the experts who helped discover how it works.

The story of the Spanish Armada threat that vanished as quickly as it came, is the subject of this study. The authors have reassessed documents, diaries and private papers lying forgotten in Spanish and Dutch archives and the material is augmented by underwater discoveries from the Armada wrecks.