Philip II and The Spanish Empire

From global empire to the sun that never set

October 7, 1571: Philip II's Holy League fleet crushed the Ottoman navy at Lepanto, securing Christian dominance in the Mediterranean. Discover how American gold built history's first global empire and created the Spanish Golden Age.

Discover Philip's Empire:• How New World wealth funded European dominance• Why the Battle of Lepanto saved Christian Europe• What the Spanish Armada's defeat really meant• How the Escorial became Europe's power center• When Spanish culture reached its golden zenith• What price global empire demanded from Spain

Through the eyes of conquistadors and courtiers, witness empire's rise and fall. Philip II's reign created the first truly global power while Spanish Renaissance culture flourished from American treasure and European conquest.

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Episode Duration: 40:06 minutesHost: Monte Schumacher - Medieval historian & castle restoration expert