Antonio Domínguez Ortiz (October 18, 1909 – January 21, 2003) was a Spanish

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

, one of the leading specialists in the history of the Spanish Antiguo Régimen of the 16th through 18th centuries, in particular in

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. He was also expert historian of Andalusia, with a particular emphasis on the history of the ''

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''.Antonio Domínguez Ortiz, el gran historiador de la España moderna, muere a los 93 años
''

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'', 2003-01-22. Accessed online 2009-12-21.

Life

Born in

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in 1909, Domínguez Ortiz received his doctorate in history from the

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, and taught at the

University of Granada The University of Granada ( es, Universidad de Granada, UGR) is a public university located in the city of Granada, Spain, and founded in 1531 by Emperor Charles V. With more than 60,000 students, it is the fourth largest university in Spain. Ap ...

. He was the winner of the 1982

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in the Social Sciences, Hijo Predilecto de Andalucía (1985) and was granted the honorary Doctor Honoris Causa by the

University of Cádiz The University of Cádiz (in Spanish: Universidad de Cádiz), commonly referred to as UCA, is a public university located in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, noted for its medicine and marine sciences curricula. It was founded in 1979 ...

(1985). Besides his academic work, he wrote frequently for popular audiences, and was a regular contributor to ''

''. He died in

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in 2003 at the age of 93.

Works

* ''Orto y ocaso de Sevilla'', 1946 ("Rising and setting in Seville") * ''Política y hacienda de Felipe IV'', 1960 ("Policy and treasury of Philip IV") * ''La sociedad española en el siglo XVII'', 1963 and 1970 ("Spanish Society in the 17th Century") * ''El incremento demográfico y sus problemas'', 1966, ("Population Growth and its Problems") * ''Crisis y decadencia en la España de los Austrias'', 1969 ("Crisis and Decadence in

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Spain") * ''Los judeoconversos en España y América'', 1971 ("Jewish Converts in Spain and the Americas") * ''El Antíguo Régimen: los Reyes Católicos y los Austrias''. Tomo III, ''Hª. de España'', Madrid, Alfaguara, 1973 ("The Old Regime: the

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and the Habsburgs") * ''Las clases privilegiadas en la España del Antíguo Régimen'', 1973 ("The Privileged Classes in Old Regime Spain") * ''Hechos y figuras del siglo XVIII español'', 1973 ("Deeds and Figures of 18th Century Spain") * ''Sociedad y estado en el siglo XVIII español'', 1976 ("Society and State in 18th Century Spain") * ''Historia de los Moriscos. Vida y tragedia de una minoría'', in collaboration with

Bernard Vincent Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...

. Madrid, Revista de Occidente, 1978; 2ª ed. Madrid, Alianza, 1985. ("History of the Moriscos. Life and Tragedy of a Minority") * ''Historia de Andalucía'', 1980-1981. ("History of Andalusia") * ''Andalucía, ayer y hoy'', 1983 ("Andalusia, Yesterday and Today"). * ''Política fiscal y cambio en la España del siglo XVII'', Madrid, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 1984 ("Fiscal Policy and Change in Spain in the 17th century). * ''Instituciones y sociedad en la España de los Austrias'', Barcelona, Ariel, 1985, volumen misceláneo. ("Institutions and society in Habsburg Spain") * ''Carlos III y la España de la Ilustración'', Alianza, 1988, ("

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and Enlightenment Spain") * ''Las claves del despotismo español, 1715-1789'', Barcelona, Planeta, 1990, ("The Keys to Spanish Despotism, 1715-1789") * ''Los judeoconversos en la España moderna'', Madrid, Mapfre, 1992 ("Jewish Converts in Modern Spain") * ''La sociedad americana y la corona española en el siglo XVII'', Madrid, Marcial Pons, 1996. ("American Society and the Spanish Crown in the 17th Century") * ''Estudios americanistas'', Madrid, RAH, 1998. ("Americanist Studies") * ''España, tres milenios de historia'' Marcial Pons, 2000. ("Spain, Three Millennia of History")

Memorial

The public secondary school Professor Domínguez Ortiz in

Azuqueca de Henares Azuqueca de Henares is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2013 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 34.685 inhabitants. The mayor of Azuqueca is José Luis Blanco. H ...

(in the province of

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) is named after him.

Notes

References

* García Pedraza, Amalia (2003): "Antonio Domínguez Ortiz y la historia de la minoría morisca" -- ''Historia Social''; 47 (2003) -- pp. 71–86. * Morgado García, A. (2003): "Domínguez Ortiz y el clero en la España moderna" -- ''Historia Social''; 47 (2003) -- pp. 29–51. * Rodríguez Bernal, N. (2003): "Marginados de hoy y de ayer en la obra de Antonio Domínguez Ortiz" -- ''Historia Social''; 47 (2003) -- pp. 113–125. * Entrevista y bibliografía: ''Los tiempos del presente'', Cuatro.ediciones, 2001.

External links

Premiados: Ciencias sociales: 1982: Antonio Domínguez Ortiz
Fundación Príncipe de Asturias. *García Cárcel, Ricardo

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