Talk: Philip II of Spain
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This is another one of those articles where the image is overwriting the text. Does someone know how to put it right? Deb
I am unsure about the "in the wake of the Spanish Inquisition]] bit -- what does that have to do with the enmity? I would say it had more to do with Henry's creation of the Anglican Church and England becoming fair game (in Spain's eyes) for conquest, since the Protestants were then considered heretics. This was also likely a motivating factor for the wars against Henry of Navarre. Even worse was the fact that these new Protestant nations were supporting privateering against (especially) the Iberian kingdoms -- in a nutshell, I think the statement gives short shrift to both the fact that the Commercial revolution, New World expansion, and the fact that the Habsburgs were landgrabbing types who always jumped on an opportunity were more important than the unexpected Spanish Inquisition. JHK
From the first paragraph: "The death of Charles V also divided the Habsburg territories, freeing Philip from the burden of governing the unstable German Mediterranean perhaps marked the zenith of Spanish power abroad."
This makes no sense. Apparently some text was lost? What was the author's intent, and how can we salvage this? Arkuat 00:25, 2004 Jul 9 (UTC)
This article is rather mixed up. If necessary, I'll have a bash at tidying it up (when I can find time, grrrr) but if someone else wants to have a go in the meantime, I find that the article is disjointed, with no particular chronological or topical order.
I'm sure that the content here is fine, but if someone's able to write prose which runs smoothly, it would be very helpful. Wooster 16:47, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)
