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The empire of the cities : emperor Charles V, the comunero revolt, and the transformation of the Spanish system /

Starting in the nineteenth century the scholarly consensus has been to attribute the decline of the Spanish empire to structural rigidity, corrupt bureaucracy and repressive policies. In ""The Empire of the Cities, "" Aurelio Espinosa challenges these theories and offers groundbr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Espinosa, Aurelio
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 137.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Starting in the nineteenth century the scholarly consensus has been to attribute the decline of the Spanish empire to structural rigidity, corrupt bureaucracy and repressive policies. In ""The Empire of the Cities, "" Aurelio Espinosa challenges these theories and offers groundbreaking insight into Spain's political process and emphasizes early modern state formation. Spain's empire should no longer be viewed simply as a symbol of royal absolutism and dominance. Rather it functioned as a collection of autonomous municipalities interconnected by a parliament that articulated domestic programs an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 357 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-342) and index.
ISBN:9789047424673
9047424670
1282400347
9781282400344
9786612400346
661240034X
ISSN:1573-4188 ;