La Spagna di Filippo II

Buy my new book, "Even Socrates Had Some Doubts": https://amzn.to/3wPZfmC In the second half of the 16th century, Spain and its great possessions were ruled by Philip II, amidst lights and shadows. This lesson is designed for eighth-grade high school students. Contents Summary: 00:00 Intro 00:59 A Vast Empire 03:34 Difficult and Costly Connections 09:02 Religious Centralization 12:22 Councils and Officials 15:50 The Problem of Precious Metals 20:33 Control of Trade 22:21 Military Enemies 23:52 Ottoman and Christian Pirates 26:48 The Battle of Lepanto 30:14 Consequences of Lepanto 33:31 Philip, King of Portugal 35:26 Problems in the Netherlands 38:00 The Anti-Spanish Revolt 41:20 Unions of Arras and Utrecht 42:36 The Birth of the United Provinces 43:41 Conclusions 💁 Do you want to support the channel? Do you like or find the videos useful and want to make a tangible contribution to allow me to continue making them? You can do so in one of these ways: Subscribe to the channel:    / @scrip79   Other videos mentioned: The Law of Supply and Demand:    • La legge della domanda e dell'offerta   Elizabeth I and the War with Spain:    • Elisabetta I d'Inghilterra   All philosophy videos, in order:    • Corso di filosofia   All history videos, in order:    • Corso di storia   The playlist with all episodes of the podcast "Inside on Philosophy":    • Dentro alla filosofia (podcast)   The playlist with all the episodes of the podcast "Inside History":    • Dentro alla storia (podcast)   If you want to stay in touch, you can find me here: Weekly newsletter: https://scrip.substack.com/ Website: http://www.ermannoferretti.it Twitter:   / scrip   Facebook:   / scrip   Instagram:   / scrip