The History of the Spanish Empire

The spanish monarchy was slip into full second rate power status, a process greatly accelerated by the long and tortuous reign of king charles the second. They got sucked into the 30 years war, and in not a good way. But help was on the way, kind of, as they say in the biz. The fundamentals of the empire were sound. I mean, yes, spain was not really being allowed to sit at the adult table any more, but their overseas empire was, by far, and i mean by far, the largest and most lucrative in the world. And next week, we'll kick things off with the death of charles the first because he died child