The island of Candía in the Venetian-Hispanic diplomacy (1665-1669)

Authors

  • María del Pilar Mesa Coronado University of Castilla-La Mancha image/svg+xml

Keywords:

hispanic monarchy, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire, War of Candia, defense, diplomacy, 1665-1669

Abstract

This study is focused in one of the most important factor of the international policy of the Hispanic Monarchy in the Mediterranean at the beginning of Charles II reign: the ottoman military expansion in the eastern Mediterranean, above all in the island of Candia, in hard dispute between venetians and ottomans from 1645. This conflict affected to the Hispanic-Venetian diplomacy, that was characterized by the Spanish Monarchy’ attempts to avoid the loss of this bulwark of the Christianity and to prevent a peace treaty between the Republic of Venice and the Turks, which would leave in serious risk their Italian lands to the ottoman military invasion.

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Published

2017-03-08

Issue

No. 34 (2014)

Section

MISCELLANY

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