Convergence of public and private agendas in the shaping of the early modern Hispanic Monarchy: an economic-based approach

Authors

  • Alberto Sánchez Camacho European University Institute (Florence, Italy)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2020.08.001

Keywords:

non-state actors, state-building process, institutions, Hispanic Monarchy, N23, 043

Abstract

This article reviews the state-building process in the Hispanic Monarchy during the mid-sixteenth century through the analysis of the relationship between Genoese high-rank financiers and Castilian private entrepreneurs in the international market of wool. The article argues that these two social groups were state builders
as they played a key role in the state formation after the first debt consolidation of Philip II in 1557. The outcomes of the research demonstrate that non-state actors organised as informal institutions could perform better in the state-building process than formal institutions in large polities. This work thus complements the recent literature about the decentralisation of effective power in early modern states.

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Published

2020-09-29

How to Cite

Sánchez Camacho, A. (2020). Convergence of public and private agendas in the shaping of the early modern Hispanic Monarchy: an economic-based approach. Investigaciones De Historia Económica, 16(3), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2020.08.001

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RAMÓN CARANDE PRIZE