Family and Community in Early Modern Spain
The Citizens of Granada, 1570–1739
Part of New Studies in European History
- Author: James Casey, University of East Anglia
- Date Published: January 2009
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521107839
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James Casey offers an innovative study of prestige, power and the role of the family in a Mediterranean city during the early modern period. He focuses on the structure and values of the ruling class of Granada, where a new elite consolidated its authority. The study suggests that their power was linked to the pursuit of honour, which demanded participation in the politics of the commonwealth and depended greatly on the network of personal relations which they were able to build with kinsmen, clients and patrons. It explores the way in which this system contributed to the relative tranquillity of the community during a turbulent time of religious and political change, that of the rise of absolutism and of the Counter Reformation. The book sheds fresh light on the nature of the early modern family and will be essential reading for historians of early modern Spain and Europe.
Read more- Combines history, social anthropology and literary studies to shed new light on the social history of early modern Spain
- Written by one of the leading historians of early modern Spain
- The book will appeal to scholars of early modern Spain, early modern Europe and social, cultural and urban history
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- Date Published: January 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521107839
- length: 332 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.49kg
- contains: 2 maps
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Knights and citizens
2. Nobles of the doubloon
3. Lords of Granada
4. The web of inheritance
5. The network of marriage
6. Blood wedding
7. Home of the citizen
8. The shadow of the ancestors
9. The spirit of the clan
10. The law of honour
11. Good commonwealth men
12. Defenders of the fatherland
Conclusion
Genealogies
Bibliography.
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