 | Family and Empire: The Fernandez de Cordoba and the Spanish Realm Subjects: Fernández de Córdoba family; Córdoba (Spain: Province) -- History; Spain -- History -- Ferdinand and Isabella 1479–1516; Spain -- History -- Charles I 1516–1556; Spain -- History -- Philip II 1556–1598; This book explores how the Fernández de Córdoba family established networks of kin and clients that horizontally connected disparate imperial territories, binding together religious communities--Christians, Muslims, and Jews--and political factions--Comunero rebels and Catalan, French, and Ottoman sympathizers--into an incorporated imperial polity. Yuen-Gen Liang teaches history at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. |
