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The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline

John Elliott

Traces the life of King Philip IV's principal minister, describes the Count-Duke's efforts to stop Spain's decline, and looks at seventeenth century European politics

HistoryHistory · high confidenceHistory81 signalsLlm Classifier: History -> HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: Biography -> BiographyPolitical BiographyReligious BiographyEurope & RussiaBiography & Public Lives

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Wolfson History PrizeMajor1986WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Count-Duke of Olivares88%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The Count-Duke of Olivares sought to stop Spain's decline through his work as King Philip IV's principal minister amid seventeenth-century European political challenges.

    Model confidence 64%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.