In May 1561, King Philip II informed the town hall of Madrid that he had chosen their as site for his royal residence and court. That year, city was swiftly transformed into Catholic king’s court heart vast monarchy. It also became principal political cultural space nobility. Yet greatest noble houses, particularly those in Castile, were initially resistant to establishment a sedentary continue...

How did the Spanish money supply evolve in aftermath of discovery large amounts precious metals America? We synthesize available data on mining and their international flow to estimate for Spain from 1492 1810. Our suggests that increased more than ten-fold. Viewed through equation exchange this increase can account most price level rise early modern Spain.

Reseña de Nicholas R. Jones, Staging “Habla Negros”. Radical Performances of the African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain , University Park, The Pennsylvania State Press, 2019, 221 pp. ISBN: 978- 0-271-08347-6

Abstract Sacrilegious attitudes toward the Eucharistic host are one of most commonplace accusations leveled against Jews in premodern Europe. Usually treated Jewish historiography as an expression anti-Judaism or antisemitism, they considered a hallmark powerlessness and persecution. In medieval early modern Spain, however, conversos (Jewish converts to Christianity their descendants) were not ...