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001 2015012663
003 DLC
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008 150727s2015 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015012663
020 $a9781107091948 (hardback : alkaline paper)
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050 00 $aDP402.M25$bF96 2015
082 00 $a946.7/2$223
100 1 $aFynn-Paul, Jeff.
245 14 $aThe rise and decline of an Iberian bourgeoisie :$bManresa in the later Middle Ages, 1250-1500 /$cJeff Fynn-Paul (Leiden University).
263 $a1509
264 1 $aCambridge, United Kingdom :$bCambridge University Press,$c2015.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aCambridge studies in medieval life and thought. Fourth series
520 2 $a"The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie is one of the first long-term studies in English of an Iberian town during the late medieval crisis. Focusing on the Catalonian city of Manresa, Jeff Fynn-Paul expertly integrates Iberian historiography with European narratives to place the city's social, political and economic development within the broader context of late medieval urban decline. Drawing from extensive archival research, including legal and administrative records, royal letters, and a cadastral survey of more than 640 households entitled the 1408 Liber Manifesti, the author surveys the economic strategies of both elites and non-elites to a level previously unknown for any medieval town outside of Tuscany and Ghent. In a major contribution to the series, The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie reveals how a combination of the Black Death, royal policy, and a new public debt system challenged, and finally undermined urban resilience in Catalonia"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Introduction: Catalan urban institutions, the Catalan Bourgeoise and the late medieval crisis -- Part I. Politics -- 2. The creation of a regional capital : town government and Royal policy -- 3. A portrait of the Manresan Partricate -- 4. Plague, war and calamity : the makings of the fourteenth-century crisis at Manresa -- 5. The practice of government at Manresa during the fourteenth-century crisis -- Part II. Economy -- 6. The Aragonese financial revolution : a nexus of state formation and personal investment -- 7. Demography, wages and prices in the age of the Black Death -- 8. Fruits of the urban system : equality, inequality and quality of life -- 9. Conclusion: The rise and decline of Manresan civic vitality as a function of the city's "Bourgeois system," 1250-1500.
651 0 $aManresa (Spain)$xHistory.
650 0 $aMiddle Ages.
650 0 $aCity and town life$zSpain$zManresa$xHistory.
650 0 $aMiddle class$zSpain$zManresa$xHistory.
650 0 $aBlack Death$zSpain$zManresa$xHistory.
650 0 $aDebts, Public$zSpain$zManresa$xHistory.
651 0 $aManresa (Spain)$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aManresa (Spain)$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aManresa (Spain)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aSpain$xHistory$y711-1516.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/91948/cover/9781107091948.jpg