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Paul Hiltpold
Professor
Imperial Spain, Early Modern Europe Social and Religious History
Director, Cal Poly in Spain Program
E-mail: philtpol@calpoly.edu
Office: Bldg 47, Room 25K
Phone: (805) 756-2885
Education:
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Ph.D. University of Texas (Austin) (1981)
Research Interests:
I specialize in the social history of Spain (1450-1600) with an emphasis on urban history and religious development; I have published articles on early-modern European government and society, economy, and paternal policies. I have delivered papers and reviewed books on the European Witch-Hunts as well. I am currently beginning study on early Christianity as an off-shoot of my study of the Protestant Revolution and the Witch-Hunts.
Awards and Honors:
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Member and Officer of the Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
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Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellow (1982-3)
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National Endowment of the Humanities Fellow (3 occasions)
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12 Outstanding Teaching Awards (including College Teacher of the Year at both Cal Poly and Oklahoma State)
Selected Publications and Presentations:
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“Noble Status and Urban Privilege: Burgos, 1572,” The Sixteenth Century Journal 12 (1981)): 21-44.
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“Politica paternalista y orden social en la Castilla del Renacimiento,” Cuadernos de la Investigacion Historica, Brocar (University of Zaragoza) 13 (1987): 129-140.
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“The Price, Production, and Transportation of Grain in Early Modern Castile,” Agricultural History, 63 (1989): 73-91.
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“Instituciones sociales de una ciudad renacentista,” Primer Congreso Hispano-Norteamericano-Luso de Historiadores (Madrid, Spain, 1985).
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“Royal Receptions, Prestige, and Power in Sixteenth Century Burgos,” SSPHS Conference (San Diego, 1999).
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“The Witch-Hunt in Spain: Skepticism and Gender,” SSPHS Conference (Madrid, Spain, 2003).
Courses Taught
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HIST 110: Western Civilization I
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HIST 210: World Civilization I
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HIST 347: Renaissance and Reformation Europe
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HIST 348: Religious Wars and Absolutism
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HIST 441: Imperial Spain
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HIST 306: The Witch-Hunt in Europe
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HUM 310: The Culture of Spain
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HIST 506: Primitive Christianity
