CHAPTER X

THE LAST OF THE SPANISH HABSBURGS (1598-1700 A.D.) 261

Causes of Spain’s rapid decline, 262. Philip IV, “the Great,” 266. The Catalan insurrection, 267. The Thirty Years’ War and the Treaty of the Pyrenees, 268. Death of Philip IV, 271. King Charles II and the French War, 271. The fate of the young queen, 274. Last years of Charles II, 275. The distresses of Spain, 277.

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