Spain, Europe, and the Atlantic world : essays in honour of John H. Elliott

The idea of a dialogue-sometimes harmonious, sometimes divisive-between the center and periphery of the early modern European state stands at the heart of much of John Elliott's historical writing. This collection of essays by a group of Elliott's former students examines different aspects of this important theme and develops them. Taken together with the personal appreciation of Elliott (now Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford), it forms an important examination of the work of the greatest living historian of Spain as well as being a major contribution to early modern European history. Contents......Page 8 Notes on contributors......Page 10 Acknowledgements......Page 14 Abbreviations......Page 15 Sir John Elliott: an appreciation......Page 18 Introduction: the centre and the periphery......Page 31 Part I Power and propaganda. the world of the court......Page 42 1 Twin souls: monarchs and favourites in early seventeenth-century Spain......Page 44 2 Taxation and political culture in Castile 1590-1640......Page 65 3 Clio and the crown: writing history in Habsburg Spain......Page 90 Part II The pattern of society: community and identity in Habsburg Spain......Page 118 4 Toledanos and the kingdom of Granada, 1492 to the 1560s......Page 120 5 Castile, Spain and the monarchy: the political community from patria natural to patria nacional......Page 142 6 Aragonese constitutionalism and Habsburg rule: the varying meanings of liberty......Page 177 7 Patriotism in early modern Valencia......Page 205 8 The mental world of Jeroni Pujades......Page 228 9 Centring the periphery: the Cerdanya between France and Spain......Page 244 Part III Spain and its empire......Page 260 10 David or Goliath? Philip II and his world in the 1580s......Page 262 11 Olivares, the Cardinal-Infante and Spain's strategy in the Low Countries (1635-1643): the road to Rocroi......Page 284 12 Conquest after the conquest: the rise of Spanish domination in America......Page 313 13 Heeding Heraclides: empire and its discontents, 1619-1812......Page 333 14 Why were Spain's special overseas laws never enacted?......Page 351 Index......Page 367 The idea of a dialogue - sometimes harmonious, sometimes divisive - between the centre and periphery of the early modern European state stands at the heart of much of John Elliott's historical writing. It is the fulcrum around which his Imperial Spain revolves, and it lies at the heart of his analysis of the causes of the revolt of the Catalans against the centralising policies of the Madrid government. His writings on the Americas, such as The Old World and the New, likewise stressed the relationship between centre and periphery. This collection of essays by a group of Elliott's former students examines different aspects of this important theme and develops them. Taken together with the 'personal appreciation' of Elliott (Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford), it forms an important examination of the work of the greatest living historian of Spain as well as a major contribution to early modern European history In 'Of friendship', one of his most fascinating essays, Francis Bacon refers to what seemed to him a general phenomenon in Europe during his time: the existence of royal favorites. Edited By Richard L. Kagan And Geoffrey Parker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.