William S. Maltby is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. He has published "The Black Legend in England. The Development of Anti-Spanish Sentiment, 1558-1660 "(1971), translated by Fondo de Cultura Economica in 1982; "Western Civilization. A History of European Society, from the Renaissance to the French Revolution "(1998) and" Western Civilization. A History of European Society, from the French Revolution to the Present "(2000), both with Steven Hause; and "The Reign of Charles V" (2002).