Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Castile 1580–1650: economic crisis and the policy of 'reform' Angel Garcia Sanz; 2. The plague in Castile at the end of the sixteenth century and its consequences Vicente Perez Moreda; 3. The agrarian 'depression' in Castile in the seventeenth century Gonzalo Anes; 4. Castilian agriculture in the seventeenth century: depression, or 'readjustment and adaptation'? Enrique Llopis Agelan; 5. Wool exports, transhumance and land use in Castile in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries L. M. Bilbao and E. Fernandez de Pinedo; 6. Andalusia and the crisis of the Indies trade, 1616–1720 A. Garcia-Baquero Gonzalez; 7. The textile industry in the economy of Cordoba at the end of the seventeenth and the start of the eighteenth centuries: a frustrated recovery Jose Ignacio Fortea Perez.

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This is a collection of revisionist essays on the economic and social history of seventeenth-century Castile by Spanish historians.

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"I.A.A. Thompson and Bartolome Yun Casalilla have produced a coherent and stimulating collection of well-translated articles through careful selection and integration of the works included, and they capably reach their five goals." Sixteenth Century Journal "...a clearly written and well-translated volume that will introduce to a wider reading public some of the debates taking place within an increasingly lively and cosmopolitan historiographic tradition." James S. Amelang, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "...historians working on other countries and other aspects of the early modern period, especially those interested in the problems of industrialization and development, will profit from the research and conclusions presented here." the Journal of Modern History "The essays provide important knowledge and raise important questions." Akira Motomura, The Journal of Economic History