The Early Modern Hispanic World : Transnational and Interdisciplinary Approaches (Hardcover)

Introduction. Mapping the early modern Hispanic world Kimberly Lynn and Erin Rowe; Part I. City and Society: 1. Towns and the forging of the Spanish Caribbean Ida Altman; 2. The walk of the town: modeling the early modern city James S. Amelang; 3. The king, the city, and the saints - performing sacred kingship in the royal capital Erin Rowe; Part II. Religion, Race, and Community: 4. A minority within a minority - the new and old Jewish converts of Siguenza, 1492?1570 Sara T. Nalle; 5. On the Alumbrados - confessionalism and religious dissidence in the Iberian world Mercedes Garcia-Arenal and Felipe Pereda; 6. The Spanish encounter with Islam Benjamin Ehlers; 7. From peasants to slave owners - race, class, and gender in the Spanish Empire Allyson Poska; Part III. Law and Letters: 8. On early modern science in Spain Maria Portuondo; 9. Spanish inquisitors, print, and the problem of publication Kimberly Lynn; 10. 'An immense structure?of errors' - Dionisio Bonfant, Lucas Holstenius, and the writing of sacred history in seventeenth-century Sardinia A. Katie Harris; 11. The forces of the king. The generation that read Botero in Spain Xavier Gil; Part IV. Performance and Place: 12. Censuring public images: a woodcut in the inquisition trial of Esteban Jamete Fernando Marias Franco; 13. Epic temptation - Lope de Vega's Battle of Lepanto Elizabeth R. Wright; 14. Staging femininity in early modern Spain Marta V. Vicente; Conclusion. The history of early modern Spain in retrospect Sir John Elliott.