The Kingdom of Valencia in the Seventeenth Century

Explores two major themes in Spanish historiography - the consequences of the expulsion of the Moriscos and the way in which the Habsburg Monarchy kept or lost control over its peripheral provinces.

James Casey (Author)

9780521084048, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 14 October 2008

288 pages
21 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.43 kg

Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources James Casey explores two major themes in Spanish historiography - the consequences of the expulsion of the Moriscos (heavily concentrated in Valencia in the early seventeenth century), and the way in which the Habsburg Monarchy kept or lost control over its peripheral provinces. The study ranges widely over questions of population (including a pioneering attempt for early modern Spain at family reconstitution), landholding and agriculture, exploring the links between depopulation and economic decline - twin phenomena which characterized the peninsula in the age of Spain's decline. Dr Casey has drawn on a variety of previously neglected sources - parish registers, tithe records, cadastral surveys - in order to quantify these developments as far as possible. The result is a reassessment of the chronology and extent of economic recession in one of Spain's most fertile provinces, and a revision of some ideas about the importance of the expulsion of the Moriscos.

1. A long depopulation
2. Rich and poor
3. The decline of agriculture
4. Paying their way in the world
5. The seigneurial reaction
6. The bankruptcy of the senyors
7. The eclipse of the Popular Estate
8. The rule of the judges
9. Outlaws and rebels
10. The loyal kingdom.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH], European history [HBJD]