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Part 1 The Catholic Kings, 1469-1516: politics 1469-1517; foreignpolicy 1469-1517; unity and disunity in Spain; the pacification ofSpain; the Hermandades; the aristocracy; the municipalities; themilitary orders; the councils of state; justice; the Cortes; theconquest of Granada; Jews and the inquisition; the Church and Cisneros;finance and the economy; the discovery of America; the emergence of acultural identity; the legend of the Catholic Kings. Part 2 Charles Vand empire 1516-1558: politics 1516-58; foreign policy 1516-58; Spainand revolution 1517-22; administration and empire; finance and empire;America; the economy and the price revolution 1500-60; social change inan age of inflation; humanism and empire; reformation and reaction.Part 3 Philip 11 and the counter reformation 1556-1598: politics1556-98; the king, 122; the "first ministry" 1556-79; the "secondministry" 1579-98; foreign policy 1559-98; the debate on theNetherlands; Philip II and the crown of Aragon; absolutism in theoryand in practice; the King in government; contemporary opinion;structure of the state; bureaucracy and absolutism; crown andaristocracy; the problem of senorios; the mechanics of imperialism -the Spanish system; the cost of the empire; the economy 1530-80; theMoriscos in the sixteenth century; Trent and the reconversion of Spain;inquisition and counter-reformation; the "Golden Age" of Spain. Part 4The seventeenth century crisis 1580-1660: politics 1598-1665; foreignpolicy 1598-1665; Olivares; war and finance; the expulsion of theMoriscos; the economic recession; response to the crisis; arbitristasand the crisis of confidence; response to the crisis; regionalism;response to the crisis - popular revolt and "seigneurial reaction"; thecrisis of the aristocracy; the survival of the bourgeoisie; communityand people; response to the crisis; a change of perspectives; the endof empire. Part 5 Stability and recovery 1660-1714: politics 1665-1714;foreign policy and the civil war 1665-1714; crisis and recovery;revolution in government and the unification of Spain; towards theenlightenment. Appendices: Dynastic table of Spanish rulers, 1474-1700;economic and demographic statistics.