Juan Rena and the Frontiers of Spanish Empire, 1500-1540

ISBN-13: 9780367460815 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 234 str.

Jose M. Escribano-Paez

Opis

This book examines the political construction of imperial frontiers from below during the reigns of Ferdinand the Catholic and Charles V in the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean, focusing on the activities of one of their most reliable agents in this task: Juan Rena (1480–1539).

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Defining the Frontier: Juan Rena’s Network and Spanish Expansion into the Maghreb  2. The Making of a Frontier: Noble Authority and Jurisdictional Pluralism Between Southern Iberia and the Maghreb  3. Political Incorporation from Below: Juan Rena and the Integration of Navarre into the Spanish Empire  4. Constructing a Maritime Frontier: Politics and Sea Power in the Mediterranean World During the Age of Charles V.  Conclusion

O autorze

Jose M. Escribano-Páez is Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide, where he also teaches modules on Early Modern History and Imperial History.