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Barcelona and its Rulers, 1096-1291

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

AvStephen P. Bensch,Rosamond McKitterick,Rosamond Mckitterick,Christine Carpenter

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This volume examines the early growth of Barcelona and the formation of its ruling classes. The city did not at first grow because of overseas trade but because of market-oriented agriculture and tribute from Islamic Spain. Only after a difficult adjustment did the city develop the commercial foundations which would later ensure its prosperity. Barcelona's patriciate rose to prominence during the second stage of growth, its rise forming part of a profound restructuring of territorial power in response to the 'feudal crisis' that challenged traditional authority throughout Catalonia. Patrician families did not model themselves after noble patrilineages, but forged marital alliances in which the wife's dowry played a fundamental role. In this new book the family structure of the patriciate receives close examination and many traditional assumptions about the nature of Mediterranean towns are challenged.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-07-04
Mått137 x 216 x 31 mm
Vikt631 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series
Antal sidor480
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521525893

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List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The city and its region; 2. The city and its lord; 3. An aborted take-off: the urban economy in crisis, 1090–1140; 4. Urban society in transition; 5. The patriciate in gestation, 1140–1220; 6. Family structure and the devolution of property; 7. Consolidation and conflict: patrician power and Mediterranean expansion, 1220–1291; 8. Patrician continuity and family identity; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

"This is a lengthy, searching, and ultimately brilliant volume on the urban economy and rise of patrician families in Barcelona during the high Middle Ages....a sophisticated, original, and major contribution to Iberian social history. It promises to become a classic in the historiography of medieval Barcelona and to take its place alongside the works of Carme Batlle, Claude Carrère, and Jaume Vicens Vives, which are devoted to later periods of the city's history....Bensch's volume is beautifully written, well documented, and profound..." Speculum-A Journal of Medieval Studies