{"product_id":"family-and-empire-9780812243406","title":"Family and Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores how the Fernandez de Cordoba family established networks of kin and clients that horizontally connected disparate imperial territories, binding together religious communities-Christians, Muslims, and Jews-and political factions-Comunero rebels and Catalan, French, and Ottoman sympathizers-into an incorporated imperial polity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A powerful and complex challenge to the traditional story of how the Spanish Empire was sustained during the four centuries from the conquest of the Muslims in southern Spain to the end of the seventeenth century. This masterful and original study and its methodology will open a whole new approach to the history of empires from ancient times to the present.\" * Helen Nader, University of Arizona *\u003cbr\u003e\"It is . . . refreshing to see a discussion of the Spanish empire that focuses not on Flanders, Central Europe, or the Atlantic, but on the 'forgotten frontier' of North Africa (and Navarre). . . . This book . . . demonstrates the salutary effects and innovative potential of addressing both sides of the Mediterranean as component parts of the Spanish imperial venture.\" * \u003ci\u003eThe Medieval Review\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on Documentation\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. The Fernández de Córdoba Lineage in Late Medieval Córdoba, 1236-1500\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. The Fernández de Córdoba Lineage and Early Spanish Expansion, 1482-1518\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. The Regeneration of Monarchy and Nobility: Martín de Córdoba in Toledo, 1520-1525\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Navarre and the Imperialization of the House of Alcaudete, 1525-1534\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Fernández de Córdoba Lineage and the Transfer of Frontier Expertise to Algeria, 1512-1558\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Children of Empire: The Latter-Day Comares and Alcaudete\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MT - University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51534985363799,"sku":"9780812243406","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812243406.jpg?v=1755858469","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/family-and-empire-9780812243406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}