A Companion to the Spanish Renaissance.

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎Figures and Maps -- ‎Figures -- ‎Maps -- ‎List of Contributors -- ‎Introduction. A Renaissance for the 'Spanish Renaissance'? (Kallendorf) -- ‎Part 1. Politics and Government -- ‎Chapter 1. Laying the Foundations for a Spanish Renaissance: Late Medieval Politics and Government (Braun) -- ‎Chapter 2. Politics and Government in the Spanish Empire during the 16th Century (Montcher) -- ‎Part 2. Empire and Ethnicity -- ‎Chapter 3. The Spanish Colonial Empire in the Renaissance: Establishing the First Global Culture (de Alba-Koch) -- ‎Chapter 4. Ethnic Groups in Renaissance Spain (Green-Mercado) -- ‎Part 3. Culture and Society -- ‎Chapter 5. Daily Life and the Family in Renaissance Spain (Lehfeldt) -- ‎Chapter 6. Birth and Death in the Spanish Renaissance (Fink) -- ‎Chapter 7. Religion (Kamen) -- ‎Chapter 8. Fashioning Disease: Narrative and the Sick Body in the Spanish Inquisition (Berco) -- ‎Part 4. 'High' and 'Low' -- ‎Chapter 9. Nobles and Court Culture (Navarrete and Terry-Roisin) -- ‎Chapter 10. Popular Culture, Spanish Law Courts, and the Early Modern State (Behrend-Martínez) -- ‎Chapter 11. Civic Ritual, Urban Life (García Santo-Tomás) -- ‎Chapter 12. Community and the Common Good in Early Modern Castile (MacKay) -- ‎Part 5. Humanists and Their Legacy -- ‎Chapter 13. Intellectual Life (Schwartz and Byrne) -- ‎Chapter 14. Ladies, Libraries and Literacy in Early Modern Spain (Howe) -- ‎Chapter 15. Philosophy, Law and Mysticism in Renaissance Spain (Cantens) -- ‎Part 6. Artistic Production -- ‎Chapter 16. The Literature of the Spanish Renaissance (Garrido Ardila) -- ‎Chapter 17. Painting and Sculpture (Schrader) -- ‎Chapter 18. Visual Culture: Art and Ekphrasis in Early Modern Spain (de Armas) -- ‎Part 7. Currents and Currency -- ‎Chapter 19. Spanish Science in the Age of the New (Eamon).

‎Chapter 20. Doing Things with Money in Early Modern Spain (Vilches) -- ‎Chapter 21. Historiography and European Perceptions of Spain (Levin) -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Index.

A Companion to the Spanish Renaissance makes a renewed case for the inclusion of Spain within broader European Renaissance movements. This interdisciplinary volume offers a snapshot of the best new work being done in this area.

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