1. Iberian Rivals or Identical Twins? Public Finances in Portugal and Castile in the Later Middle Ages in Comparative Perspective • Rodrigo Dominguez, University of Minho; Federico Gálvez Gambero, University of Málaga.

2. Is Neutrality Dead? Neutrality and Economics during War • Jeremy Land, University of Gothenburg; Jari Eloranta, University of Helsinki.

3. A Century of Retardation? The Effects of the Thirty Years War on Market Integration in the Holy Roman Empire • Max-Stephan Schulze, London School of Economics & Political Science.