Teofilo F. Ruiz is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include Crisis and Continuity: Land and Town in Late Medieval Castile (1994) and Spanish Society 1400-1600 (2002) and From Heaven to Earth. The Reordering of Castilian Society, 1150-1350 (2004).

• Preface and Acknowledgments viiiMap 1: Spain in the Late Fifteenth Century xiMap 2: The Crown of Aragon and the Western Mediterraneanin the Late Middle Ages xii1 At the Dawn of a New Century: The Spains around 1300 12 Medieval Spain in the Late Middle Ages: Society and Economy 283 The Answers of Politics: Spain, 1300–1350 514 Toward Trastámara Spain, 1350–1412 725 Spain in the Fifteenth Century: Toward the Rule of the Catholic Monarchs, 1412–1469 866 The Sinews of Power: Administration, Politics, and Display 1107 Muslims, Jews, and Christians in a Century of Crisis 1398 Culture and Society in an Age of Crisis 1649 Epilogue 196Notes 202Bibliographical Essay 217Index 228

Teofilo F. Ruiz is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include Crisis and Continuity: Land and Town in Late Medieval Castile (1994) and Spanish Society 1400-1600 (2002) and From Heaven to Earth. The Reordering of Castilian Society, 1150-1350 (2004).

• Preface and Acknowledgments viiiMap 1: Spain in the Late Fifteenth Century xiMap 2: The Crown of Aragon and the Western Mediterraneanin the Late Middle Ages xii1 At the Dawn of a New Century: The Spains around 1300 12 Medieval Spain in the Late Middle Ages: Society and Economy 283 The Answers of Politics: Spain, 1300–1350 514 Toward Trastámara Spain, 1350–1412 725 Spain in the Fifteenth Century: Toward the Rule of the Catholic Monarchs, 1412–1469 866 The Sinews of Power: Administration, Politics, and Display 1107 Muslims, Jews, and Christians in a Century of Crisis 1398 Culture and Society in an Age of Crisis 1649 Epilogue 196Notes 202Bibliographical Essay 217Index 228

Teofilo F. Ruiz is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. His publications include Crisis and Continuity: Land and Town in Late Medieval Castile (1994) and Spanish Society 1400-1600 (2002) and From Heaven to Earth. The Reordering of Castilian Society, 1150-1350 (2004).

• Preface and Acknowledgments viiiMap 1: Spain in the Late Fifteenth Century xiMap 2: The Crown of Aragon and the Western Mediterraneanin the Late Middle Ages xii1 At the Dawn of a New Century: The Spains around 1300 12 Medieval Spain in the Late Middle Ages: Society and Economy 283 The Answers of Politics: Spain, 1300–1350 514 Toward Trastámara Spain, 1350–1412 725 Spain in the Fifteenth Century: Toward the Rule of the Catholic Monarchs, 1412–1469 866 The Sinews of Power: Administration, Politics, and Display 1107 Muslims, Jews, and Christians in a Century of Crisis 1398 Culture and Society in an Age of Crisis 1649 Epilogue 196Notes 202Bibliographical Essay 217Index 228