A Short History of Spain

Chapter 17

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New European Conditions--Louis XIV.--War of the "Spanish Succession"--Marlborough Checks Louis at Blenheim--Archduke Abandons Sovereignty in Spain--Peace of Utrecht--Further Dismemberment of Spain--Gibraltar Passes to England--Bourbon Dynasty--Commences with Philip V.--Ferdinand VI.--Carlos III.--Expulsion of the Jesuits, 131