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. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Notes on contributors Acknowledgements 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 2 Taxation and political culture in Castile, 1590-1640 3 Clio and the crown: writing history in Habsburg Spain I Royal history II Chorography PART II The pattern of society: community and identity in Habsburg Spain 4 Toledanos and the kingdom of Granada, 1492-1560S 5 Castile, Spain and the monarchy: the political community from patria natural to patria nacional I Community, kingdom and monarchy II The sense of Castile III The hispanization of Castile IV The crisis of'Spain9 V War and the new 'Spain' VI Provincialization VII The patria natural: city and metropolis VIII Towards the new patria 6 Aragonese constitutionalism and Habsburg rule: the varying meanings of liberty 7 Patriotism in early modern Valencia 8 The mental world of Jeroni Pujades 9 Centring the periphery: the Cerdanya between France and Spain PART III in Spain and its empire 10 David or Goliath? Philip II and his world in the 1580s 11 Olivares, the Cardinal-Infante and Spain's strategy in the Low Countries (1635-1643): the road to Rocroi 12 Conquest after the conquest: the rise of Spanish domination in America 13 Heeding Heraclides: empire and its discontents, 1619-1812 14 Why were Spain's special overseas laws never enacted? Americans and Europeans in the same monarchy: some more equalthan others From equality in theory to inequality in practice Index 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.