Spain Europe and the Atlantic

The idea of a dialogue--sometimes harmonious sometimes divisive--between the center and periphery of the early modern European state stands at the heart of much of John Elliott''s historical writing. This collection of essays by a group of Elliott''s former students examines different aspects of this important theme and develops them. Taken together with the personal appreciation of Elliott (now Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford) it forms an important examination of the work of the greatest living historian of Spain as well as being a major contribution to early modern European history.