Elvira Vilches: 1 book
New World Gold
Cultural Anxiety and Monetary Disorder in Early Modern Spain
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
The discovery of the New World was initially a cause for celebration. But the vast amounts of gold that Columbus and other explorers claimed from these lands altered Spanish society. The influx of such wealth contributed to the expansion of the Spanish empire, but also it raised doubts and insecurities...
