List of Figures and Tables IX
List of Contributors XI
One Conquest, Two Worlds: An Introduction 1
Félix Retamero and Josep Torró
Part 1
The Organisation of the Conquests: Political, Military and Financial Aspects
1
Partners-in-Arms. Medieval Military Associations: From the Iberian cabalgada to the American entrada 19
Josep Torró
2
Council and Urban Militias in the Crown of Aragon during the 13th Century: From Conquering Militias to Monetary Exemptions 78
Enric Guinot
3
War and Booty as Incentives for Emigration: Tortosa and al-Andalus (12th–13th Centuries) 103
Antoni Virgili
4
Medieval Factors in the Conquest of America: Organisation and War Practices in the Incursions into Darién 130
Carmen Mena García
5
On the Use of Terror, Cruelty and Violence in the Spanish Conquest of the Americas: Some Thoughts 163
Antonio Espino-López
Part 2
6
Feudal Conquest and Colonisation: An Archaeological Insight into the Transformation of Andalusi Irrigated Spaces in the Balearic Islands 191
Helena Kirchner
7
The Agrarian Model of Valencian Moriscos 228
Manuel Ardit Lucas†
8
Iberian Colonisations and Water Distribution Systems (15th–16th c.): A Comparative Approach 259
Félix Retamero and Virgilio Martínez-Enamorado
9
Commercial Crop or Plantation System? Sugar Cane Production from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic 301
Adela Fábregas García
10
Early Colonial Utilization and Management in Peru 332
Inge Schjellerup
Part 3
The Political Organisation of the New Colonial Societies. The Management of the Conquered Populations and Lands
11
Servants, Slaves or Subjects? Jews, Muslims and Indians as Royal Property 359
David Abulafia
12
The Kingdom of Granada: Between the Culmination of a Process and the Beginning of a New Age 383
Antonio Malpica
13
António de Almeida Mendes
14
The Peculiarity of the Spanish Empire: A Comparative Interpretation 429
Josep M. Fradera
Index 449