The Limits of Royal Authority
| Author | : Ruth MacKay |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 210 |
| Release | : 1999-05-06 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521643430 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521643436 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Limits of Royal Authority by : Ruth MacKay
Download or read book The Limits of Royal Authority written by Ruth MacKay and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-05-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In what is sometimes called the age of absolutism, Castilian nobles and commoners, tribunes and towns, were to a considerable degree able to resist and shape royal commands. This is a study of one such form of resistance: the opposition to military levies in the 1630s and 1640s. The assurance with which such a range of people addressed the crown reveals a society in which a great number of people had a great deal to say about the definition and use of political power.
