Essay on the personality and political action of Phillip II of Spain. The Spanish historian Crevea, tries to explain the King’s behavior in his historical context without appealing to moral judgements.

Basically, this work presents 50 facsimiles chosen by the author among 135 sheets that shape a manuscript book, dated on December 28, 1785, made by the master don Rafael Ximeno. The interest for the work is because it is ...

After the preface, where the author refers to the sources and bibliography –not plentiful- he could get, Martínez del Rio organizes his work in two parts: The first, “Historical process” begins with the Spanish penetration ...

The original script of this document is at the General Archive of the Nation. Since it lacks of author and date, its analysis suggests it was written between the third of fifth decade of the eighteenth century. Chevalier ...