Michael J. Crawford is Associate Professor of History at McNeese State University.

“Based on meticulous archival research, Crawford’s book reveals the complicated and fluid reality of ‘how Castilians actually experienced legal inequality in the early modern world.’ . . . [T]his is a book that a wide variety of historians will find an invaluable support to understanding the context of their own work.”—Grace E. Coolidge American Historical Review

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note on the TextIntroduction: The Status of Hidalgo as a Social Claim1The Constitution of Privilege: Royal Granting, Revoking, and Recognizing of Hidalguía2The Economic and Political Value of Status3Migration, Resettlement, and Status4Anatomy of a Lawsuit of Hidalguía5Social Networks and Privilege6Justice and Malfeasance at the Tribunal of the HidalgosConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael J. Crawford is Associate Professor of History at McNeese State University.

“Based on meticulous archival research, Crawford’s book reveals the complicated and fluid reality of ‘how Castilians actually experienced legal inequality in the early modern world.’ . . . [T]his is a book that a wide variety of historians will find an invaluable support to understanding the context of their own work.”—Grace E. Coolidge American Historical Review

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note on the TextIntroduction: The Status of Hidalgo as a Social Claim1The Constitution of Privilege: Royal Granting, Revoking, and Recognizing of Hidalguía2The Economic and Political Value of Status3Migration, Resettlement, and Status4Anatomy of a Lawsuit of Hidalguía5Social Networks and Privilege6Justice and Malfeasance at the Tribunal of the HidalgosConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael J. Crawford is Associate Professor of History at McNeese State University.

“Based on meticulous archival research, Crawford’s book reveals the complicated and fluid reality of ‘how Castilians actually experienced legal inequality in the early modern world.’ . . . [T]his is a book that a wide variety of historians will find an invaluable support to understanding the context of their own work.”—Grace E. Coolidge American Historical Review

• ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note on the TextIntroduction: The Status of Hidalgo as a Social Claim1The Constitution of Privilege: Royal Granting, Revoking, and Recognizing of Hidalguía2The Economic and Political Value of Status3Migration, Resettlement, and Status4Anatomy of a Lawsuit of Hidalguía5Social Networks and Privilege6Justice and Malfeasance at the Tribunal of the HidalgosConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex