HIST 684A The Iberian World, 1500-1800
An analysis of central themes in the political, cultural, and religious history of Spain, Portugal, and their empires. Topics include the political and economic history of late-medieval Iberia; the Catholic church in the Iberian world; the establishment of the Inquisition and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain; the conquest and settlement of the Spanish and Portuguese empires in America and in Asia; slavery and the slave trade; the relationship between European, Indian and African cultures in America; and the comparative history of Brazil and Spanish America.