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Liberty in Absolutist Spain: The Habsburg Sale of Towns, 1516-1700. 1, 108th Series, 1990 - The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
Helen Nader
Liberty in Absolutist Spain: The Habsburg Sale of Towns, 1516-1700. 1, 108th Series, 1990 - The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
Helen Nader
This text examines how the monarchs of Habsburg Spain extended seizures of church property to municipal property and used the revenue to maintain their empire. They sold charters of autonomy to hundreds of villages, thus converting them into towns, and sold towns to private buyers.
328 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 1, 1993 |
ISBN13 | 9780801847318 |
Publishers | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Pages | 328 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 20 mm · 449 g |
Language | English |