Explore a detailed view of Spain’s finances and governance in the early modern era.
This volume surveys how revenue, taxation, and public administration shaped the country, with profiles of key offices, reforms, and the people who managed the royal purse.
The book blends narrative history with practical analysis, tracing topics from the structure of the Real Hacienda to the twists and turns of provincial and frontier duties. It illuminates how economic policy affected everyday life and the different ways rulers attempted to modernize a complex tax system.
- Understand how taxes and imposts were organized across frontier and interior regions.
- Learn about the role of treasurers, auditors, and other revenue officers.
- See how reforms in the 18th century aimed to unify and simplify the state’s finances.
- Get context for Spain’s colonial finances and their impact on empire administration.
Ideal for readers of economic history, administrative reform, and Spanish history of the early modern period.