TY - BOOK AU - Peter Newington AU - Peter Newington AU - Carlos Fuentes AU - Peggy K. Liss TI - La Edad de Oro: The Age of Gold AV - PN1997 .E333 1994 PY - 1994/// CY - USA, Mexico, Spain PB - Microangelo Educational Media LLC N1 - N2 - From case cover: The colonies brought Spain (and ultimately Europe) enormous treasures: gold, silver, chocolate, tomatoes, the potato. Yet Spain's most powerful ruler Philip II, lived in austere solitude in a cell-like study. ; From IMDb: The New World bought Spain (and ultimately Europe) enormous treasures: gold, silver, chocolate, tomatoes, potatoes. Yet Spain's most powerful ruler, Philip II, lived in austere solitude in a cell-like study. He sought to protect the Catholic faith, while the Spanish author Cervantes questioned all values in Don Quixote, the prototype of the modern novel. Courtly painters and Baroque style vaulted the Atlantic and celebrated its transformation into a tool for Indian fantasy in the magnificent churches of Potosi and Ocotlan ER -