Since its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Cuba was considered the "Pearl" of the Spanish Empire--not only for its beauty, but also its sugar plantations. However, by the middle of the ...

This chapter is part of a book that is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core Having grown up amid war and hardship, Mercurino di Gattinara, like many others, responded to the chaos by ...

This book is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core As Grand Chancellor to the Holy Roman Emperor, Mercurino di Gattinara (1465–1530) shaped the administration and aims of the Spanish ...