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Iberian world empires and the globalization of Europe, 1415 -1668, Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

non fiction

Iberian world empires and the globalization of Europe, 1415 -1668

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1034618912

Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla

Palgrave studies in comparative global history

This open access book analyses Iberian expansion by using knowledge accumulated in recent years to test some of the most important theories regarding Europe’s economic development. Adopting a comparative perspective, it considers the impact of early globalization on Iberian and Western European institutions, social development and political economies. In spite of globalization’s minor importance from the commercial perspective before 1750, this book finds its impact decisive for institutional development, political economies, and processes of state-building in Iberia and Europe. The book engages current historiographies and revindicates the need to take the concept of composite monarchies as a point of departure in order to understand the period’s economic and social developments, analysing the institutions and societies resulting from contact with Iberian peoples in America and Asia. The outcome is a study that nuances and contests an excessively-negative yet prevalent image of the Iberian societies, explores the difficult relationship between empires and globalization and opens paths for comparisons to other imperial formations. --, Provided by publisher

Iberian Overseas Expansion and European Trade Networks Pages 51-97. Domestic Expansion in the Iberian Kingdoms Pages 99-143. The Empires of a Composite Monarchy, 1521–1598: Problem or Solution? Pages 155-209. The Crystallization of a Political Economy, c. 1580–1630 Pages 211-256. Global Forces and European Competition Pages 271-321. The Luso-Spanish Composite Global Empire, 1598–1640 Pages 323-376. Ruptures, Resilient Empires, and Small Divergences