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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      November 2015
      November 2015
      ISBN:
      9781316135693
      9781107091948
      9781107464773
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316135693
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.75kg, 369 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.56kg, 370 Pages
      • Subjects:
      British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, European Studies, Economic History
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (103)
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    Subjects:
    British History 1066-1450, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, History, European Studies, Economic History
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series (103)
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    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.

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    'I suspect that Fynn-Paul’s book will become a model study that will shape future work on medieval urban history. His diligence in capitalising on this underutilised treasure trove of documentation will surely influence the ongoing scholarly conversation regarding the broad political and economic trends of the later Middle Ages.'

    Thomas W. Barton Source: Continuity and Change

    'Jeff Fynn-Paul provides a promising contribution to Spanish urban history in the later Middle Ages. Telling the story of the Catalan city of Manresa over the fourteenth century, he wisely combines three historiographical traditions (Iberian, English and European) in order to approach this region’s position in the larger late medieval urban history.'

    David Gonza´lez Agudo Source: European History Quarterly

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