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Writing is often said to be a lonely, solitary task, but while working on this project I have been constantly surprised by the generosity and companionship I have found along the way. Beginning in graduate school in Charlottesville, I was fortunate to find a cadre of fellow students who made things bearable and even, dare I say, pleasant, including Allyson Creasman, Dave D'Andrea, Taylor Fain, Tom Flemma, Lou Hamilton, Mitch Hammond, J. B. Mayo, Andy Morris, Steve and Melissa Norris, Will Roth, Richard Samuelson, Andy Trees, and Lara Diefenderfer Wulff. Their friendships have continued to make academic life bearable, and their advice, sometimes from specialties far removed from early modern Spain, has been enriching.
My friends and I at the University of Virginia realized at the time how fortunate we were to be there in the mid-1990s, when the history department had a wealth of inspiring teachers in early modern and medieval European history. As the years go on and I realize how much their lessons have remained with me, I am astonished at how lucky I was to be there just when the collection of scholars reached its height. H. C. Erik Midelfort, Thomas Noble, Duane Osheim, Anne Schutte, and, from the Spanish department, Alison Weber are truly models of how to teach graduate students: by balancing excruciating rigor with encouraging warmth. Merely thanking these men and women here seems a laughably small measure of gratitude compared to how important they were in shaping me into a professional historian. The advice of Sara Nalle was crucial in getting this project started off right. The example, dedication, and friendship of my dissertation adviser, Carlos Eire, even after he left Virginia, has been a lasting blessing.
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