Philip II. of Spain

by Martin A. S. Hume

H. Forneron, Histoire de Philippe II., Paris, 1880.

Martin Hume, The Year after the Armada (for accounts of Philip’s marriage, the English attack on Portugal, the social condition of Spain, etc.), London, 1896, 1 volume.

Documentos ineditos para la historia de España, Madrid, in progress. (A large number of these volumes contain valuable papers referring to the reign of Philip II.)

Flores, Reinas Catolicas, Madrid, 1770 (an account of the Queens of Spain).

Philippson, Ein Ministerium unter Philipp II., Berlin, 1895 (an account of Granvelle’s ministry in Spain, 1579-1586).

Gachard, Correspondence de Philip II., Brussels (correspondence mainly on Flemish affairs).

Gachard, Correspondence de Philippe II. avec ses filles, Paris, 1884, 1 volume (familiar letters from the king to his two children in 1580-1581).

M. la Fuente, Historia General de España, Madrid, 1885.

Strada, Histoire de la Guerre de Flandre, Brussels, 1712, 3 volumes.

Muro, Gaspar, La Princesa de Eboli, Madrid, 1877, 1 volume (with valuable preface by Señor Canovas de Castillo).