Arbitristas, a Spanish word meaning `projectors`, referring to a group of reformers in 17th century Spain. The arbitristas were concerned about the decline of the economy of Spain and proposed a number of measures to reverse it. From John H. Elliott`s Imperial Spain: The arbitristas proposed that Government expenditure should be slashed, that t......
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(from the article `Spain`) ...and miseries, should have been followed by a general mood of introspection and even disenchantment. This was particularly evident in economic and ... ...a Castilian phenomenon and did not affect Catalonia or Valencia to anything near the same degree. For Castile, it is perhaps best to see the ... [2 rela...
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