What are some good books regarding economics and society in late Medieval-early Modern Iberia?

by nickcooper1991
alfonsoelsabio

As for economics books, not a lot comes to mind because it's not my area. But Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain by Olivia Remie Constable is a good one.

But for social histories I've got a list!

  • The Handless Maiden: Moriscos and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Spain, Mary Elizabeth Perry

  • In the Shadow of the Virgin: Inquisitors, Friars, and "Conversos" in Guadalupe, Spain, Gretchen Starr-LeBeau

  • Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages, David Nirenberg

  • Local Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain, William Christian

  • Medieval Iberia: Readings from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish Sources, ed. Olivia Remie Constable

  • The Witches' Advocate: Basque Witchcraft and the Spanish Inquisition (1609-1614), Gustav Henningsen

  • Making Difference in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia, Jean Dangler

  • Women's Lives in Colonial Quito: Gender, Law, and Economy in Spanish America, Katherine Gauderman

  • Beyond the Lettered City: Indigenous Literacies in the Andes, Joanne Rappaport and Tom Cummins

  • Genealogical Fictions: Limpieza de Sangre, Religion, and Gender in Colonial Mexico, Maria Elena Martinez

  • Enemies and Familiars: Slavery and Mastery in Fifteenth-Century Valencia, Debra Blumenthal

My list is heavily skewed toward religion, but of course religion was a central, indispensable part of society in medieval and early modern Iberia. I hope there are some helpful books on this list!

Itsalrightwithme

My knowledge is not so great on the economy, but in terms of society and some aspects of the economy I recommend:

  • T. F. Ruiz, "Spanish Society: 1400-1600," Pearson Education, 2001.
  • J. Lynch, "Spain under the Habsburgs," ISBN-13: 978-0814750094, 1984.
  • H. Kamen, "Spain's Road to Empire," ISBN-13: 9780141927329 0141927321, 2003.
idjet

A touchstone on the subject is Fernand Braudel, The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II (University of California Press, 1995). Like it says in the title, Braudel treats Spain within the context of the Mediterranean world. The link is to a preview on Google Books.