Spain, Europe and the Atlantic
Essays in Honour of John H. Elliott

Table of Contents

List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Sir John Elliott: an appreciation
Introduction
Part I. Power and Propaganda: The World of the Court:
1. Twin souls: monarchs and favourites in early seventeenth-century Spain Antonio Feros
2. Taxation and political culture in Castile, 1590–1640 Charles J. Jago
3. Clio and the Crown: writing history in Habsburg Spain Richard L. Kagan
Part II. The Pattern of Society: Community and Identity in Habsburg Spain:
4. Toledanos and their kingdom of Granada, 1492–1560s Linda Martz
5. Castile, Spain and the monarchy: the political community from Patria natural to Patria nacional I. A. A. Thompson
6. Aragonese constitutionalism and Habsburg rule: the varying meanings of liberty Xavier Gil
7. Patriotism in early modern Valencia James G. Casey
8. The mental world of Jeroni Pujades James Amelang
9. Centring the periphery: the Cerdanya between France and Spain Peter Sahlins
Part III. Spain and its Empire:
10. David or Goliath?: Philip II and his world in the 1580s Geoffrey Parker
11. Olivares, the cardinal-infante and Spain's strategy in the Low Countries (1635–1643): the road to Rocroi Jonathan I. Israel
12. Conquest after conquest: the rise of Spanish domination in America Peter Bakewell
13. Heeding Heraclides: empire and its discontents, 1619–1812 Anthony Pagden
14. Why were Spain's 'special overseas laws' never enacted? Josep M. Fradera
Notes on the contributors
Index.

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