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Bensch, Stephen P., Barcelona and Its Rulers (1096-1291), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, 4th. s., 5), 1995, 480 pp.

Resum

Based on extensive archival research, this volume examines the early growth of Barcelona in order to understand the causes of the European economic take-off. 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 that would later ensure its prosperity. Barcelona's patriciate rose to prominence during the second stage of growth, also a period dominated by a struggle for power in Catalonia. Here, the family structure of the patriciate receives close examination, and in general the volume challenges many traditional assumptions about the nature of Mediterranean towns.

Contents:
* The city & its region
* The city & its lord
* An aborted take-off: the urban economy in crisis, 1090-1140
* Urban society in transition
* The patriciate in gestation, 1140-1220
* Family structure & the devolution of property
* Consolidation & conflict: patrician power & mediterranean expansion, 1220-1291
* Patrician continuity & family identity

Matèries

Història - Política
Documentació

Notes

Reimpr. en rústica: 2002.
A partir de la tesi doctoral de l'autor (University of California, Berkeley).

URL

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