Spain, Europe, and the Atlantic World: Essays in Honor of John H. Elliot

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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.