Spain's Centuries of Crisis

"The major accomplishment of this book, in addition to guiding the reader through the dangerous thickets of political and social upheaval, is the delineation of the factors that preserved the monarchy and expanded its potential sway." (English Historical Review, February 2009) "The major accomplishment of this book, in addition to guiding the reader through the dangerous thickets of political and social upheaval, is the delineation of the factors that preserved the monarchy and expanded its potential sway." (English Historical Review, February 2009) "A comprehensive history of the political development...during a period of...crisis.... Bridges the gap between the central Middle Ages and the Renaissance." (Speculum)

Teofilo F. Ruiz is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include Crisis and Continuity: Land and Town in Late Medieval Castile (1994) and Spanish Society 1400-1600 (2002) and From Heaven to Earth. The Reordering of Castilian Society, 1150-1350 (2004).

Preface and Acknowledgments. Map 1. Spain in the late fifteenth century. Map 2. The Crown of Aragon and the Western Mediterranean in the late Middle Ages. 1. At the Dawn of a New Century: The Spains around 1300. 2. Medieval Spain in the Late Middle Ages: Society and Economy. 3. The Answers of Politics: Spain, 1300-1350. 4. Toward Trastamara Spain, 1350-1412. 5. Spain in the Fifteenth Century: Toward the Rule of the Catholic Monarchs, 1412-1469. 6. The Sinews of Power: Administration, Politics, and Display. 7. Muslims, Jews, and Christians in a Century of Crisis. 8. Culture and Society in an Age of Crisis. 9. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliographical Essay. Index.