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Thompson, Emeritus Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, is the author of War and Government in Habsburg Spain , a seminal study of the impact of war on the development of the State in Spain in the 16 th and 17 th centuries.
In this volume he reprints for an English readership ten essays examining the implications for government, the financial system and Spain\'s position in Europe of the fundamental changes in the art and practice of war, both on land and a.
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Thompson, Emeritus Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, is the author of War and Government in Habsburg Spain , a seminal study of the impact of war on the development of the State in Spain in the 16 th and 17 th centuries