Manuel Rivero Rodríguez, Head of Modern History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, is the author of numerous articles, books and essays, including “Felipe II y el gobierno de Italia” (Felipe II and the Government of Italy, 1998), “Gattinara. Carlos V y el sueño del imperio” (Gattinara. Carlos V and the Dream of Empire, 2005), “La España de Don Quijote” (Don Quixote’s Spain, 2005) and “La batalla de Lepanto. Cruzada, Guerra Santa e identidad confessional” (The Battle of Lepanto. Crusade, Holy War and Confessional Identity, 2008).