People of the Iberian Borderlands: Community and Conflict Between Spain and Portugal, 1640-1715

ISBN-13: 9780367758202 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 324 str.

David Martín Marcos

Opis

This book is devoted to the inhabitants of the Spanish-Portuguese borderlands during the Early Modern Period.

Spis treści

PART ONE: Communities between two communities  1. The Portuguese of Castile, the Castilians of Portugal  2. The unrepresented  3. Refuge and destruction  4. Contraband, modus vivendi  PART TWO: War and the politics of daily life  5. On local truces  6. A grand yet local peace  7. ‘A wolflike urge’  8. A rayano perspective on borderland custom houses  PART THREE: At peace along the Raya  9. Restored sovereignties   10. ‘At the back of the world’  11. Innumerable unresolved conflicts  12. The return of Mars

O autorze

David Martín Marcos holds a PhD in History from the Universidad de Valladolid. He is currently Ramón y Cajal Researcher at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, in Madrid, where he teaches modules on early modern history.