Contents

pp.：  9 – 10

Acknowledgements

pp.：  11 – 12

Abbreviations

pp.：  13 – 14

List of Illustrations

pp.：  15 – 16

Introduction

pp.：  17 – 62

Part I The Catholic Apologists

pp.：  63 – 64

Chapter One Spain’s Perception of its Own Predominant Role in Christendom in the Early Seventeenth Century

pp.：  65 – 100

Chapter Two Santiago and Spain’s Perceived Pre-eminence among Christian Nations

pp.：  101 – 134

Chapter Three The Catholic Apologists of the Expulsion of the Moriscos: Anti-Islamic Propaganda

pp.：  135 – 152

Chapter Four Guilt by Association: Anti-Islamic Invective

pp.：  153 – 188

Part II Pedro de Valencia

pp.：  189 – 190

Chapter Five Pedro de Valencia: Biblical Scholar, Humanist and Social Critic

pp.：  191 – 214

Chapter Six Pedro de Valencia, Royal Chronicler

pp.：  215 – 260

Chapter Seven Pedro de Valencia’s Vision of a ‘Caste-Free’ Society

pp.：  261 – 304

Chapter Eight Pedro de Valencia’s ‘Tratado acerca de los moriscos'

pp.：  305 – 342

Chapter Nine ‘El Tratado acerca de los moriscos’ and Pedro de Valencia’s Personal Plea to Philip III seen within the Framework of Seventeenth-Century Theories of Kingship

pp.：  343 – 382

Chapter Ten Pedro de Valencia’s Notion of Kingship: 'El Buen Pastor'

pp.：  383 – 408

Conclusion

pp.：  409 – 414

Bibliography

pp.：  415 – 436

Index

pp.：  437 – 450