Table of Contents

Map 1: Spain in the Late Fifteenth Century xi

Map 2: The Crown of Aragon and the Western Mediterranean
in the Late Middle Ages xii

1 At the Dawn of a New Century: The Spains around 1300 1

2 Medieval Spain in the Late Middle Ages: Society and Economy 28

3 The Answers of Politics: Spain, 1300–1350 51

4 Toward Trastámara Spain, 1350–1412 72

5 Spain in the Fifteenth Century: Toward the Rule of the Catholic Monarchs, 1412–1469 86

6 The Sinews of Power: Administration, Politics, and Display 110

7 Muslims, Jews, and Christians in a Century of Crisis 139

8 Culture and Society in an Age of Crisis 164

9 Epilogue 196

Notes 202

Bibliographical Essay 217

Index 228