by Henry Kamen · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140285284
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In 'Spain's Road to Empire', Henry Kamen explores how a seemingly isolated and resource-scarce nation managed to become the world's first superpower. This book recreates the world of militant Castile from the fall of Moorish Granada and Columbus' first voyage to the imperial collapse three centuries later. Kamen highlights the collaboration of international business interests, including Italian financiers, German technicians, and Dutch traders, in creating transoceanic contact networks that propelled the Spanish empire. This analysis challenges the traditional view of the empire as an exclusive result of Spanish power, offering an innovative perspective on the diversity of resources and people that contributed to its rise.
Henry Arthur Kamen is a British historian who has published extensively on Spain and the Spanish Empire. In particular, he has contributed to studies of the Spanish Inquisition: his The Spanish Inquisition, originally published in 1965, was revised and expanded in The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision, published in 1998. In 2017, Kamen was indicted for possessing child pornography in Athens, Georgia.
