Global Servants of the Spanish King - Mobility and Cosmopolitanism in the Early Modern Spanish Empire

"This book explores mobility and cosmopolitanism across the early modern Spanish empire, and how they impacted its governance. It will attract students and scholars interested in colonialism and empire, global history, the Spanish empire, Latin America, and the Spanish Pacific world"--

List of contents

Introduction: the Spanish imperial officials and their World; 1. An empire on the move; 2. Imperial networks of patronage; 3. An empire of experts; 4. Controlling dissent and imposing authority; 5. Radical mobility; 6. Imperial Cosmopolitanism; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Adolfo Polo y La Borda is a Teaching Associate of Early Modern History at the University of Nottingham. His research focuses on the political culture of the global Spanish empire during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This is his first book.

Product details

• Authors: Adolfo Polo y La Borda, Adolfo (University of Nottingham) Polo Y La Borda
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009403214
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0940321-4
• No. of pages: 362
• Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Latin America, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Colonialism & imperialism, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Empires & historical states, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Spanish Empire