Barcelona and its Rulers, 1096–1291

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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. Cover BARCELONA AND ITS RULERS, 1096–1291 CONTENTS FIGURES MAPS TABLES PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION THE TYPOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN CITY THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MEDIEVAL BARCELONA THE SOURCES Chapter 1 THE CITY AND ITS REGION A CONSTRICTIVE HINTERLAND THE EXTENSION OF URBAN SPACE BARCELONA AND THE CROWN OF ARAGON CONCLUSION Chapter 2 THE CITY AND ITS LORD A UNIFIED LORDSHIP THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH THE CHALLENGE TO PUBLIC AUTHORITY EXPLOITATIVE LORDSHIP AND ITS CONTROL TOWARD CIVIC ADMINISTRATION CONFLICTS, COURTS, AND THE URBAN COMMUNITY A FAILED CONSULAR MOVEMENT CONCLUSION Chapter 3 AN ABORTED TAKE-OFF: THE URBAN ECONOMY IN CRISIS, 1090–1140 SIGNS OF CRISIS THE LOSS OF EL DORADO MONETARY CONSTRICTION THE INTROVERSION OF THE URBAN ECONOMY CONCLUSION Chapter 4 URBAN SOCIETY IN TRANSITION THE FALL OF THE VISCOUNTS OF BARCELONA AN URBAN NOBILITY IN RETREAT THE PROFESSION OF ARMS IN URBAN SOCIETY REACTIONS TO ECONOMIC BLOCKAGE THE DESCENDANTS OF BERNAT RAMON THE RICH RENEWAL FROM BELOW CONCLUSION Chapter 5 THE PATRICIATE IN GESTATION, 1140–1220 PROHOMS AND PATRICIANS CRAFT PRODUCTION AND ITS CONTROL URBAN CREDIT AND ITS FUNCTION ROYAL FINANCE AND URBAN LORDSHIP TRADE AND PROTECTION CONCLUSION Chapter 6 FAMILY STRUCTURE AND THE DEVOLUTION OF PROPERTY THE LANGUAGE OF KINSHIP INHERITANCE AND STRATEGIES OF HEIRSHIP MARITAL ASSIGNS AND WIDOWS’ RIGHTS CONCLUSION Chapter 7 CONSOLIDATION AND CONFLICT:PATRICIAN POWER AND MEDITERRANEAN EXPANSION, 1220–91 THE TECHNIQUES OF TRADE COMMERCIAL ZONES AND PATRICIAN INVESTMENT A HIERARCHY OF RENTS MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION AND URBAN POWER ROYAL PATRONAGE AND THE PROFITS OF EXPANSION FACTIONALISM AND CIVIC VIOLENCE CONCLUSION Chapter 8 PATRICIAN CONTINUITY AND FAMILY IDENTITY MARRIAGE ALLIANCES DOMESTIC CONTROL LITERACY, LAW, AND PATRICIAN CULTURE RELIGIOUS PATRONAGE AND THE CULT OF ANCESTORS CONCLUSION CONCLUSION Appendix 1 VICARS OF BARCELONA Appendix 2 BAILIFFS OF BARCELONA Appendix 3 COINAGES AND EXCHANGE VALUES Appendix 4 SELECT DOCUMENTS Doc. 1 [c. 1150]1 Doc. 2 [1162–1196] Doc. 3 NOVEMBER 18, 1182 Appendix 5 SELECT PATRICIAN GENEALOGIES BIBLIOGRAPHY UNPUBLISHED SOURCES PRINTED SOURCES SECONDARY WORKS INDEX