Alva: Biography of Fernando Alverez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alva, 1507-1582

FAIN: FA-10924-74

William S. Maltby
Society for Reformation Research (St. Louis, MO 63105)

To write a full-scale biography which will analyse Alva's career as statesman, diplomat and general, with special emphasis on his role in the revolt of the Netherlands. To illuminate not only the earliest phases of the Netherlandish revolt, but the structure of court politics, and of an important segment of Spanish society as a whole.