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"By my absolute royal authority" : justice and the Castilian commonwealth at the beginning of the first global age /

"By My Absolute Royal Authority": Justice and the Castilian Commonwealth at the Beginning of the First Global Age is a study of judicial administration. From the fifteenth century to the seventeenth, the kingdom of Castile experienced a remarkable prolife.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Owens, J. B. (John B.), 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2005.
Series:Changing perspectives on early modern Europe.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking the Hispanic monarchy in the first global age
  • John II's controversial reward
  • The Catholic monarchs and the legacy of John II
  • Rebellion against crown administration as a defense of absolute royal authority
  • Pursuing justice : due process, procedure, and the adjudication of a major lawsuit in the absence of coercive muscle
  • Making judgments : Letrado theories and interpretive schemes
  • Philip II, the great fear, and the new authoritarianism
  • The paradox of absolute royal authority.