Limits of Royal Authority - Resistance and Obedience in Seventeenth-Century Castile

Klappentext In what is sometimes called the age of absolutism! Castilian nobles and commoners! tribunes and towns! were to a considerable degree able to resist and shape royal commands. Whereas there was little open conflict! there was sometimes a surprising degree of autonomy! rights and reciprocity on the part of the king’s vassals. This is a study of one such form of resistance: the opposition to military levies. This opposition took place during a period of crisis! during the 1630s and 1640s! when the Crown’s need to raise an army came into conflict with a notion of kingship that was far from absolute. From the king’s advisory councils to parliament! from city councils and seigneurial estates! to the most humble villages! Castilians had recourse to a wide range of political and juridictional means with which to dispute the king’s claims and avoid conscription. Zusammenfassung In what is sometimes called the age of absolutism! Castilian nobles and commoners! tribunes and towns! were to a considerable degree able to resist and shape royal commands. This is a study of one such form of resistance: the opposition to military levies in the 1630s and 1640s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Recruitment and royal authority; 2. Making soldiers of townsmen; 3. War, lords, and vassals; 4. Common claims; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Ruth Mackay, MacKay Ruth
• Assisted by: John Elliott (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2007
• EAN: 9780521033633
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03363-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, Spain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Spain