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
Tabela de Conteúdo
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, 1300-1350 51
4 Toward Trastámara Spain, 1350-1412 72
5 Spain in the Fifteenth Century: Toward the Rule of the Catholic Monarchs, 1412-1469 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
Sobre o autor
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).
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