Iberian world empires and the globalization of Europe 1415-1668

Introduction -- Part I The Iberian Grounds of the Early Modern Globalization of Europe -- Global Context and the Rise of Europe. Iberia and the Atlantic -- Iberian Overseas Expansion and European trade networks -- Domestic Expansion in the Iberian Kingdoms -- Conclusions Part I -- Part II State Building and Institutions -- The Empires of a Composite Monarchy (1521-1598): Problem or Solution? -- The Christalization of a Political Economy, c. 1580-1630 -- Conclusions Part II -- Part III Organizing and Paying for Global Empire, 1598-1668 -- Global Forces and European Competition -- The Luso-Spanish Composite Global Empire, 1598-1640 -- Ruptures, Resilient Empires and Small Divergences -- Conclusions Part III -- Epilogue