Excerpt from Complete Works of John L. Motley, Vol. 5: History of the United Netherlands From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years' Truce, 1609 Characteristics of the Spanish clergy - Foreign commerce of Spain - Governmental system of Philip II. - Founded on the popular ignorance and superstition - Extinction of lib erty in Spain - The Holy Inquisition - The work and character of Philip. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.