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This volume analyzes the Spanish monarchy as a political construction grounded in negotiation and as a balance of power across multiple institutional spheres. Focusing on the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the volume examines the contractual character of the Spanish monarchy as a confederate polity shaped by an unwritten constitutional framework that enabled legal pluralism and broad political participation in empire-building. The essays explore negotiations between royal power and local authorities, conflicts of jurisdiction, and challenges to central authority across the empire. Covering the Mediterranean, the Americas, and India and the Philippines, the volume highlights how various processes of negotiation sustained the Spanish imperial system.
Contributors are Graça Almeida Borges, Silvia Carrasco Sáinz, Antonio Jiménez Estrella, Nicole Jozwik, Seonghek Kang, Ondřej Lee Stolička, Héctor Linares, Rich Lizardo, Kyle Marini, Roger L. Martínez-Dávila, Marcella Miranda, Catarina Monteiro, Valeria Patti, Marina Perruca Gracia, Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquez, Keith Richards, Sandra Suárez García, Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer, Irene Vicente-Martín, and Yanna Yannakakis.
Contributors are Graça Almeida Borges, Silvia Carrasco Sáinz, Antonio Jiménez Estrella, Nicole Jozwik, Seonghek Kang, Ondřej Lee Stolička, Héctor Linares, Rich Lizardo, Kyle Marini, Roger L. Martínez-Dávila, Marcella Miranda, Catarina Monteiro, Valeria Patti, Marina Perruca Gracia, Juan Manuel Ramírez Velázquez, Keith Richards, Sandra Suárez García, Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer, Irene Vicente-Martín, and Yanna Yannakakis.
Price: $162.00
Pages: 576
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
17 December 2026
ISBN: 9789004678736
Format: Hardcover
Héctor Linares is an Assistant Professor of History at Suffolk University. His research focuses on early modern Spain, the Spanish empire, governance, legal history, chivalry, and aristocratic corporations. He holds a Ph.D. in history from The Pennsylvania State University.
Rich Lizardo is an Applied Assistant Professor of History and Honors at the University of Tulsa. He focuses on the history of early modern Spain, with research interests in the study of poverty, charity, and poor laws. He received his B.A. in history at Yale University and his history Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.
Rich Lizardo is an Applied Assistant Professor of History and Honors at the University of Tulsa. He focuses on the history of early modern Spain, with research interests in the study of poverty, charity, and poor laws. He received his B.A. in history at Yale University and his history Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.