Chapter 1 What Kind of Book is This? -- Chapter 2 The World that Trade Created -- Chapter 3 The Military Revolution in the Era of Early Economic Globalization -- Chapter 4 The Big Shuffle: theEast Asian World in the Era of Early Economic Globalization -- Chapter 5 Fighting on Sea and Land:...

The rise of factor markets during the transition from the middle ages into the early modern was of crucial importance for long term economic growth. The transmission of property through the market however remains understudied, especially in the Southern Low Countries. In this paper we construct...

The defaults of Philip II have attained mythical status as the origin of sovereign debt crises. The king failed to honour his debts four times during his reign. In this paper, we reassess the fiscal position of Habsburg Spain. New archival evidence allows us to derive comprehensive estimates of...