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Historia de las epidemias
Desde que la península Ibérica fue asolada por la fatídica peste negra a mediados del XIV hasta el terrible contagio de gripe de 1919, la sociedad española se ha visto expuesta a lo largo de los siglos a la visita cíclica de violentas enfermedades epidémicas que han ido diezmando de forma dramática y reiterada su población. El descubrimiento y posterior colonización del continente americano favorecerían, a partir de comienzos del siglo XVI y a través de los intercambios humanos y comerciales, los viajes de ida y vuelta de nuevos agentes patógenos que afectarían la existencia tanto de las poblaciones indígenas como la de los habitantes de la metrópolis colonial a lo largo de la...
Identidades y fronteras culturales en el mundo ibérico en la edad moderna
El término frontera tiene muchos significados, como límite de separación de identidades distintas y como nexo de tangencialidad y convergencias culturales entre vecinos y próximos. En el concepto de frontera no solo inciden realidades objetivas sino las sutiles construcciones del imaginario subjetivo que establecen sus propios criterios respecto al proceso de identificación. Las fronteras culturales han tenido una enorme trascendencia en la construcción de la identidad de la monarquía católica y española de la Edad Moderna, fronteras externas de diferenciación con otras culturas, fronteras interiores dentro de la propia comunidad. En cualquier caso, siempre móviles, inestables, ra...
A Dissimulated Trade
Germán Jiménez-Montes sheds light on the role of foreigners in the Spanish empire. The book examines how a group of Dutch, Flemish and German merchants came to dominate the supply of timber in Seville.
Acquittals in the Spanish Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition has become such a byword for injustice that many forget it was also a judicial system capable of acquittal. This study of more than 67,000 trials uncovers over 2,500 formal acquittals, more than 6,600 suspended trials, and nearly 2,100 with unknown or no recorded outcomes. The inquisitors were jurists who frequently held other judgeships before and after their tenure and used the same evidentiary rules as other Spanish courts. If every acquittal may be taken as an admission of error, the Spanish Inquisition admitted its errors thousands of times, occasionally even putting them on public display at the autos de fe. An acquittal can also be taken as a sign that the inquisitors did not wish to punish the innocent and that while they were quick to arrest and charge people on flimsy evidence, they were too conscientious to convict them without further proof. However, it is also clear that the Holy Office at times did bend, twist, or even break the law when it suited it in order to secure a conviction. This book is aimed at students, scholars, and general readers seeking a nuanced understanding of the Spanish Inquisition and its workings.
Women and Family Property
This book examines property legislation and the actual position of women in receiving, holding and passing on family property as daughters, wives and as widows throughout history. Traditionally the prevailing view has been that women have been disadvantaged in the distribution of property and therefore less interesting as objects of study. This volume challenges this view and explores the securing of property for families or for individuals through transfers in the shape of dowries, marriage contracts, wills and other arrangements, as well as how women used and distributed the property they were holding.The scope of the volume is both urban and rural, analysing the position of women in relation to family property through contributions from a wide geographic area. The chapters investigate the situation in southern and northern Europe, across the Atlantic and Africa throughout the 18th to the 20th century. This volume will be of value to academics, undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars interested in gender and history and social history.
The Great Plague Scare of 1720
From 1720 to 1722, the French region of Provence and surrounding areas experienced one of the last major epidemics of plague to strike Western Europe. The Plague of Provence was a major disaster that left in its wake as many as 126,000 deaths, as well as new understandings about the nature of contagion and the best ways to manage its threat. In this transnational study, Cindy Ermus focuses on the social, commercial, and diplomatic impact of the epidemic beyond French borders, examining reactions to this public health crisis from Italy to Great Britain to Spain and the overseas colonies. She reveals how a crisis in one part of the globe can transcend geographic boundaries and influence society, politics, and public health policy in regions far from the epicentre of disaster.
Resilience and Recovery at Royal Courts, 1200–1840
This book demonstrates the evolution of resilience and recovery as a concept by applying it to a new context, that of courts and monarchies. These were remarkably resilient institutions, with a strength and malleability that allowed them to ‘bounce back’ time and again. This volume highlights the different forms of resilience displayed in European courts during the medieval and early modern periods. Drawing on rarely published sources, it demonstrates different models of monarchical resilience, ranging from the survival of sovereign authority in political crisis, to the royal response to pandemic challenges, to other strategies for resisting internal or external threats. Resilience and Recovery illustrates how symbolic legitimacy and effective power were strongly intertwined, creating a distinct collective memory that shaped the defence of monarchical authority over many centuries.
The Martyrs of Japan
An examinination of the role that Catholic missionary orders played in the dissemination of accounts of Christian martyrdom in Japan. The author offers an overarching portrayal of the writing, printing, and circulation of books of “Japano-martyrology.”
The Complexity of Hispanic Religious Life in the 16th–18th Centuries
The Complexity of Religious Life in the Hispanic World (16th-18th centuries) offers a vision that demonstrates the diversity of Hispanic religious and cultural life in the Early Modern Age.
