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Barcelona and Its Rulers, 1096 1291

Barcelona and Its Rulers, 1096 1291

Bensch, Stephen P.
Stephen P., Bensch

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth, Book 26

Spainish & Portuguese History

ISBN10: 0521435110
ISBN13: 9780521435116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 2 1995
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.66
Height: 1.19 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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.

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