Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Global matrices
- Part Two Macro-regions
- Part Three Large-scale political formations
- 11 The Iberian empires, 1400 to 1800
- 12 Imperial competition in Eurasia: Russia and China
- 13 The Islamic empires of the early modern world
- Part Four Crossroads regions
- Part Five Overview
- Index
- References
11 - The Iberian empires, 1400 to 1800
from Part Three - Large-scale political formations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVOLUME VI
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World History
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part One Global matrices
- Part Two Macro-regions
- Part Three Large-scale political formations
- 11 The Iberian empires, 1400 to 1800
- 12 Imperial competition in Eurasia: Russia and China
- 13 The Islamic empires of the early modern world
- Part Four Crossroads regions
- Part Five Overview
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter deals with empires of Iberian in the period between 1400 and 1800, and begins by providing an overview of the early modern Iberian empires. The economies of the Iberian empires were dependent on a set of maritime networks that put the metropoles in contact with their several overseas markets. A systematic and radically definitive differentiation that can easily be applied to the way in which the overseas empire developed by the Portuguese has, for a long time, been compared to that of the Spanish. However, these exists between both similarities and connections also. Spanish America saw many viceroyalties, adding an imperial dimension to an institution that the monarchy had already put into place in its European kingdoms. Professing the 'right' religion, to be Christian, and Catholic, was a fundamental condition of the Portuguese and Spanish Empires.
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- The Cambridge World History , pp. 271 - 296Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015
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