Liberty in Absolutist Spain The Habsburg Sale of Towns, 1516-1700 |
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| Author:
| Nader, Helen |
| Series title: | The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-4731-8 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1993 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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Throughout early modern Europe, one of the most extraordinary royal fund-raising schemes was the seizure and sale of church property to finance foreign wars. The monarchs of Habsburg Spain extended these seizures to municipal property and used the revenue to maintain their empire. They sold charters of autonomy to hundreds of villages, thus ......
Throughout early modern Europe, one of the most extraordinary royal fund-raising schemes was the seizure and sale of church property to finance foreign wars. The monarchs of Habsburg Spain extended these seizures to municipal property and used the revenue to maintain their empire. They sold charters of autonomy to hundreds of villages, thus ......