{"product_id":"the-rise-and-decline-of-an-iberian-bourgeoisie-manresa-in-the-later-middle-ages-1250-1500-paperback-9781107464773","title":"The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie; Manresa in the Later Middle Ages, 1250–1500 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107464773","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eManresa in the Later Middle Ages, 1250–1500\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of the first long-term studies of the Catalonian city of Manresa during the late medieval crisis.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeff Fynn-Paul (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107464773, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 October 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e369 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  3 maps  38 tables\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 2 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'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, European History Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: Catalan urban institutions, the Catalan Bourgeoise and the late medieval crisis\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Politics: 2. The creation of a regional capital: town government and Royal policy\u003cbr\u003e 3. A portrait of the Manresan Partricate\u003cbr\u003e 4. Plague, war and calamity: the makings of the fourteenth-century crisis at Manresa\u003cbr\u003e 5. The practice of government at Manresa during the fourteenth-century crisis\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Economy: 6. The Aragonese financial revolution: a nexus of state formation and personal investment\u003cbr\u003e 7. Demography, wages and prices in the age of the Black Death\u003cbr\u003e 8. Fruits of the urban system: equality, inequality and quality of life\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion: the rise and decline of Manresan civic vitality as a function of the city's 'Bourgeois system', 1250–1500\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913122308376,"sku":"9781107464773","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107464773i.jpg?v=1696754548","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rise-and-decline-of-an-iberian-bourgeoisie-manresa-in-the-later-middle-ages-1250-1500-paperback-9781107464773","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}