Spain's Centuries of Crisis

A comprehensive history that focuses on the crises of Spain in the late middle ages and the early transformations that underpinned the later successes of the Catholic Monarchs.

• Illuminates Spain's history from the early fourteenth century to the union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon in 1474

• Examines the challenges and reforms of the social, economic, political, and cultural structures of the country

• Looks at the early transformations that readied Spain for the future opportunities and challenges of the early modern Age of Discovery

• Includes a helpful bibliography to direct the reader toward further study

Auteur
Teofilo F. Ruiz is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include Crisis and Continuity: Land and Town in Late Medieval Castile (1994) and Spanish Society 1400-1600 (2002) and From Heaven to Earth. The Reordering of Castilian Society, 1150-1350 (2004).

Contenu

Preface and Acknowledgments viii

Map 1: Spain in the Late Fifteenth Century xi

Map 2: The Crown of Aragon and the Western Mediterranean
in the Late Middle Ages xii

1 At the Dawn of a New Century: The Spains around 1300 1

2 Medieval Spain in the Late Middle Ages: Society and Economy 28

3 The Answers of Politics: Spain, 13001350 51

4 Toward Trastámara Spain, 13501412 72

5 Spain in the Fifteenth Century: Toward the Rule of the Catholic Monarchs, 14121469 86

6 The Sinews of Power: Administration, Politics, and Display 110

7 Muslims, Jews, and Christians in a Century of Crisis 139

8 Culture and Society in an Age of Crisis 164

9 Epilogue 196

Notes 202

Bibliographical Essay 217

Index 228