The gypsies of early modern Spain : 1425-1783

Drawing extensively on the author's archival research in Spain, this book is the first major study in English of the first three and a half centuries in Spain of a people, its gypsies or gitanos , who, despite their elevation by Spaniards and non-Spaniards alike to culturally iconic status in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have until now remained largely invisible to history in the English-speaking world. Cover 1 Title 3 Copyright 4 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 Introduction 9 1 The Early Years 14 Newcomers in western Europe 16 Into Iberia 17 Of convivencia and conflict 23 2 Under One God 33 Changing the rules: royal authority, law and order, and faith 33 The Catholic Monarchs' 1499 ordinance and its reiterations 37 Vagabondage and the gypsies 41 3 The Road to the Sea 48 Exclusion 48 Philip II and the manning of Spain's galleys 48 4 Years of Crisis 64 War, famine, and pestilence in late sixteenth-century Castile 64 The moriscos and the gypsies 68 5 Representations 78 The 1619 consulta, the arbitristas, and the gypsies 78 The gypsies in Spanish literature 90 6 Purging the Body Politic 99 The royal ordinances of 1619 and 1633 99 Sedentarization and strategies for survival 105 Philip IV and the manning of Spain's galleys 113 7 The Spanish Church and the Gypsies 118 Inquisition 119 Sanctuary 131 8 The Failure of the Laws and the Last Habsburg 141 The failures of anti-gypsy legislation 141 Tightening the noose: the late seventeenth century 152 9 The Bourbon Period 156 Forging a modern state 156 Crackdown 165 'Enlightened despotism': Towards reform 170 Conclusion 177 Notes 180 Bibliography 212 Index 223 "While a great deal has been written about Spain's minority populations of Jewish and Muslim origin in the late medieval and early modern periods, relatively little scholarly attention has been devoted to its gypsies. Drawing extensively on the author's archival research in Spain, The Gypsies of Early Modern Spain, 1425-1783 is the first major study in English of the first three-and-a-half centuries in Spain of a people, its gypsies or gitanos, who, despite their elevation by Spaniards and non-Spaniards alike to culturally iconic status in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have until now remained largely invisible to history in the English-speaking world. The book also offers insights into the nature and limits of royal power in early modern Spain, the Spanish Church and the Inquisition, and the complex larger society through which the gypsies moved."--Jacket While a great deal has been written about Spain's minority populations of Jewish and Muslim origin in the late medieval and early modern periods, relatively little scholarly attention has been devoted to its gypsies. Drawing extensively on the author's archival research in Spain, The Gypsies of Early Modern Spain, 1425-1783 is the first major study in English of the first three and a half centuries in Spain of a people, its gypsies or gitanos , who, despite their elevation by Spaniards and non-Spaniards alike to culturally iconic status in the nineteenth and twentieth centuri Front Matter....Pages i-xiv The Early Years....Pages 1-19 Under One God....Pages 20-34 The Road to the Sea....Pages 35-50 Years of Crisis....Pages 51-64 Representations....Pages 65-85 Purging the Body Politic....Pages 86-104 The Spanish Church and the Gypsies....Pages 105-127 The Failure of the Laws and the Last Habsburg....Pages 128-142 The Bourbon Period....Pages 143-163 Conclusion....Pages 164-166 Back Matter....Pages 167-219