Cultural changes under this employer of Alexander Farnese were described in a Fernand Braudel work about the (*) "Mediterranean World in the Age of" this monarch.
Geoffrey Parker examined the "Grand Strategy" of this ruler, whose signing of the Treaty of Joinville provoked one major rival to agree to the Treaty of Nonsuch; that treaty promised support to a city viciously torn apart by this man's soldiers after a fleet containing 400,000 florins of their back pay was captured by enemy forces. Cultural changes under this employer of Alexander Farnese were described in a Fernand Braudel work about the (*) "Mediterranean World in the Age of" this monarch. This man expanded his empire after the Battle of Alcacer Quibir took the life of Sebastian the Desired and employed an administrator who established the Council of Blood. William the Silent revolted against this employer of the Duke of Alba, embroiling him in a feud with a Tudor monarch that would lead to his most notable failure. For 10 points, name this Spanish king who beat the Turks at Lepanto but failed to unseat Elizabeth in 1588 through his Spanish Armada.
Geoffrey Parker examined the "Grand Strategy" of this ruler, whose signing of the Treaty of Joinville provoked one major rival to agree to the Treaty of Nonsuch; that treaty promised support to a city viciously torn apart by this man's soldiers after a fleet containing 400,000 florins of their back pay was captured by enemy forces.
{Philip II} of Spain or {Philip} the {Prudent}