Spain, Europe and the Atlantic world Essays in honour of John H. Elliott Edited by Richard L. Kagan The Johns Hopkins University and Geoffrey Parker Yale University CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESSPUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. ‘The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York NY 10011-4211, USA. 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa hitp:fwww.cambridge.org © Cambridge University Press 1995 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1995 First paperback edition 2002 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Spain, Europe, and the Atlantic world / Richard L. Kagan & Geoffrey Parker editors}. P. cm. Inchudes index. ISBN 0521 47045 5 1. Spain -History, 2. Elliott, John Huxtable. I. Kagan, Richard L.,1943-_. IL. Parker, Geoffrey, 1943 DPI61.863 1995 946-de20 94-42370 CIP ISBN 0521 470455 hardback ISBN 0521 $2511 X paperback3% %F Contents Notes on contributors Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Sir John Elliott: an appreciation Introduction PARTI Power and propaganda: the world of the court I Twin souls: monarchs and favourites in early seventeenth- century Spain Antonio Feros ‘Taxation and political culture in Castile, 1590-1640 Charles J. Jago Clio and the crown: writing history in Habsburg Spain Richard L. Kagan PARTI The pattern of society: community and identity in Habsburg Spain 4 5 Toledanos and the kingdom of Granada, 1492-15608 Linda Martz Castile, Spain and the monarchy: the political community from patria natural to patria nacional 1. A. A. Thompson page ix xiii xiv 14 25 27 48 th 101 103 125