J. H. Elliott is Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Oxford, and author of Spain and Its World, 1500–1700, published by Yale University Press. He has been the recipient of many honors, including the Wolfson Prize for History, the Prince of Asturias Prize for the Social Sciences, and the Balzan Prize for History. He lives in Oxford, United Kingdom
"Not only an excellent summation of the major historiographical
positions but also an insider's look at the academic origins of the
original debate in the pages of Past and Present. . . . Throughout
these essays, Elliott seeks explanations in constitutional and
political arrangements but also in the vagaries and contingencies
of time and place. It is his ability to balance structural,
conjunctural, and individual elements that gives these essays their
freshness. . . . These essays also demonstrate that careful
scholarship, elegant prose, and a disciplined historical
imagination can, whatever the national origins of the author,
always illumine and provoke, which is exactly the objective
accomplished here."—Stuart B. Schwartz, Journal of Modern
History
*Journal of Modern History*
"Scholars, students, history aficionados, and even policymakers
will find that Elliott offers valuable insights on the early modern
world that speak to our own as well."--Roger Louis Martínez, The
Americas
*The Americas*
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