The Hispanic World in Crisis and Change 1598

The seventeenth century has gained enormously from the resurgence of historical studies in Spain and from the contributions of historians outside the penninsula. In this book, John Lynch has taken account of this research to substantially revise and expand his Spain Under the Hapsburgs, Volume II . It retains its previous framework, and provides a penetrating account of Spanish society, economy, government and politics during this period.

John Lynch has spent most of his academic career in the University of London, first at University College, then the Institute of Latin-American Studies. His research interests have centered on the Hispanic world in the colonial and independence periods.

List of Plates and Maps	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
The Hispanic World in 1600	p. 1
The Government of Philip III	p. 17
King and Favourite	p. 17
Councils and Councillors	p. 23
The Valimiento	p. 32
The Poverty of Government	p. 42
Recession and Reaction	p. 53
Truce in the Low Countries	p. 53
The Expulsion of the Moriscos	p. 56
Catalonia: the Problem of Intervention	p. 69
Castile and Portugal	p. 75
Olivares, Castile and Imperial Spain	p. 84
Philip IV and the Rule of Olivares	p. 84
Spain and the Thirty Years War	p. 94
The Cost of War	p. 110
The Cortes of Castile	p. 121
The Great Crisis: 1640 and After	p. 131
The Union of Arms	p. 131
The Revolt of Catalonia	p. 140
The Secession of Portugal	p. 149
After Olivares	p. 157
War and Peace	p. 164
Society and Economy	p. 173
Population and Pestilence	p. 173
Aristocracy	p. 179
La Gente Comun	p. 190
Agriculture and Industry	p. 201
Foreign Trade	p. 220
American Trade: Recession and Revival	p. 229
The Monopoly: Seville and Cadiz	p. 229
Fraud: the Response to Taxation	p. 234
Foreign Penetration	p. 243
Imperial Defence: the Atlantic	p. 249
Pacific Defence	p. 258
The Course of American Trade	p. 267
Spanish America: a Changing Empire	p. 287
The Hispanic World: a New Balance of Power	p. 287
Mexico: from Mining to Agriculture	p. 298
Peru: Silver Colony, Silver Metropolis	p. 315
Inter-American Trade	p. 338
Colonial Autonomy	p. 344
Government and Society in the Reign of Charles II	p. 348
Privilege and Power: the Rule of Aristocracy	p. 348
The Last Validos	p. 360
The Revolt of the Grandees	p. 369
Return to Government	p. 374
The End of Habsburg Spain	p. 383
Promise and Prejudice in Eastern Spain	p. 383
Castile's Tragic Decade	p. 392
Bureaucracy and its Reform	p. 402
The Precursors	p. 411
Appendix I	p. 422
Appendix II	p. 423
Bibliographical Essay	p. 425
Index	p. 437
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The Hispanic World in Crisis and Change 1598 - 1700

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