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Juan de Mariana and Early Modern Spanish Political Thought
The Jesuit Juan de Mariana (1535-1624) is one of the most misunderstood authors in the history of political thought. His treatise De rege et regis institutione libri tres (1599) is dedicated to Philip III of Spain. It was to present the principles of statecraft by which the young king was to abide. Yet soon after its publication, Catholic and Calvinist politiques in France started branding Mariana a regicide. De rege was said to empower the private individual to kill a legitimate king. Its 'pernicious doctrines' were blamed for the murder of Henry IV in 1610, and it was burned at the order of the parlement of Paris. Modern historians have tended to build on this interpretation and consider D...
Early Modern Spain
Early Modern Spain: A social History explores the solidarities which held the Spanish nation together at this time of conflict and change. The book studies the pattern of fellowship and patronage at the local level which contributed to the notable absence of popular revolts characteristic of other European countries at this time. It also analyses the Counter-Reformation, which transformed religious attitudes, and which had a huge impact on family life, social control and popular culture. Focusing on the main themes of the development of capitalism, the growth of the state and religious upheaval, this comprehensive social history sheds light on changes throughout Europe in the critical early modern period.
Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621
Impoverished and exhausted after fifty years of incessant warfare, the great Spanish Empire at the turn of the sixteenth century negotiated treaties with its three most powerful enemies: England, France, and the Netherlands. This intriguing book examines the strategies that led King Philip III to extend the laurel branch to his foes. Paul Allen argues that, contrary to widespread belief, the king's gestures of peace were in fact part of a grand strategy to enable Spain to regain military and economic strength while its opponents were falsely lulled away from their military pursuits. From the outset, Allen contends, Philip and his advisers intended the Pax Hispanica to continue only until Spa...
Las fronteras en el mundo atlántico (siglos XVI-XIX)
En las sociedades de la modernidad, las "fronteras" se convierten en marcas o limes que determinan ámbitos o zonas de contacto que, de alguna manera, han servido para crear y recrear marcos generales de diferenciación y de posibles comparaciones a partir de sus componentes socia les, económicos, culturales, políticos, religiosos, etc., distinguiendo así, ambos márgenes. Hablamos por ello de "fronteras" en plural, distintas y cambiantes, pero con un punto común, esto es la idea de un límite o linde que puede ser extenso, dilatado, poroso o difuminado. Al mismo tiempo, en muchos casos estas "fronteras" no se muestran en sí como separadoras. Por el contrario, constituyen la basa que ...
