Spain in the Early 17th Century

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Seventeenth Century Spain

King Philip III had taken over the throne in Spain during the year of 1598 . At the time that Spain was changing King 's , Spain was bankrupt and the Spanish army was outdated . The Spanish government had become corrupted and useless . At this point in time , however , Spain still had the largest empire in the world , which consisted of most of the South and Central America , a fairly large portion of North America , the Philippines , and settlements in

Asia and Africa . Spain had collected great riches from the Americas . However , Spain 's new wealth began to diminish , due to Europe becoming flooded with Spanish gold and silver

King Philip III was not the type of king that his father was , he did not care for politics , and therefore he had his ministers run the country of Spain . The Roman Catholic Church proved to be more powerful than King Philip III or his ministers , and consequently King Philip III had lost control over every aspect of Spanish life . The Roman Catholic Church controlled the armies , but not the armies of Spain , as well as the policing in the streets . In fact , as stated in The Cambridge Modern History Volume 4 , at the time of the Cardinal 's death in 1642 , France had won little compensation for seven years of exhausting warfare

As , religious issues became more important than any economic interests of the country , Spain continued to steadily grow more and more poor According to The

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Cambridge Modern History Volume 4 , The religious as well as the political differences that were distracting the Empire had by no means only brought Catholics and Protestants in to mutual opposition . The Catholics themselves were not unified either . Outside Italy the struggle between the Reformed and the Catholic Church was dividing Europe into great groups , France , England , the Dutch , and the Protestant Princes of the Union , against Spain , Austria , the Jesuits , and the Church ' King Philip III tried to bring peace between the countries , but was unsuccessful . In my opinion , King Philip III was unsuccessful , because he did not have control over Spain , the Catholic Church did . Therefore when he was attempting to keep the peace , the churches were fighting underneath him

During the year 1618 , Europe broke out in a devastating war , a war that was considered to be more destructive than any other war in the history of Europe . The Holy Roman Empire sustained substantial loss in the Netherlands , Italy , France , and Spain . Despite the efforts of King Philip III to prevent the war from taking place , many lives were lost and property was destroyed

During 1621 , King Philip III no longer was the king of Spain , he had become extremely ill and was dieing . His son Philip IV had taken over the throne . King Philip IV did not prove to be a successful ruler for Spain either . He and his ministries ended up spreading the Spanish military...