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The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie

Manresa in the Later Middle Ages, 1250–1500

By: Jeff Fynn-Paul

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The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie

Manresa in the Later Middle Ages, 1250–1500

By: Jeff Fynn-Paul

One of the first long-term studies of the Catalonian city of Manresa during the late medieval crisis.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107091942

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9781107091948

Family, Work, and Household in Late Medieval Iberia

A Social History of Manresa at the Time of the Black Death

By: Jeff Fynn-Paul

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Family, Work, and Household in Late Medieval Iberia

A Social History of Manresa at the Time of the Black Death

By: Jeff Fynn-Paul

Family, Work, and Household presents the social and occupational life of a late medieval Iberian town in rich, unprecedented detail. The book combines a diachronic study of two regionally prominent families—one knightly and one mercantile—with a detailed cross-sectional urban study of household and occupation. The town in question is the market town and administrative centre of Manresa in Catalonia, whose exceptional archives make such a study possible. For the diachronic studies, Fynn-Paul relied upon the fact that Manresan archives preserve scores of individual family notarial registers, and the cross-sectional study was made possible by the Liber Manifesti of 1408, a cadastral survey which details the property holdings of individual householders to an unusually thorough degree. In these pages, the economic and social strategies of many individuals, including both knights and burghers, come to light over the course of several generations. The Black Death and its aftermath play a prominent role in changing the outlook of many social actors. Other chapters detail the socioeconomic topography of the town, and examine occupational hierarchies, for such groups as rentiers, merchants, leatherworkers, cloth workers, women householders, and the poor.

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270

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Routledge

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1317599306

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9781317599302

Not Stolen

The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World

By: Jeff Fynn-Paul

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Not Stolen

The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World

By: Jeff Fynn-Paul

A renowned historian debunks current distortion and myths about European colonialism in the New World and restores much needed balance to our understanding of the past. Was America really “stolen” from the Indians? Was Columbus a racist? Were Indians really peace-loving, communistic environmentalists? Did Europeans commit “genocide” in the New World? It seems that almost everyone—from CNN to the New York Times to angry students pulling down statues of our founders—believes that America’s history is a shameful tale of racism, exploitation, and cruelty. In Not Stolen, renowned historian Jeff Fynn-Paul systematically dismantles this relentlessly negative view of U.S. history, arguing that it is based on shoddy methods, misinformation, and outright lies about the past. America was not “stolen” from the Indians but fairly purchased piece by piece in a thriving land market. Nor did European settlers cheat, steal, murder, rape or purposely infect them with smallpox to the extent that most people believe. No genocide occurred—either literal or cultural—and the decline of Native populations over time is not due to violence but to assimilation and natural demographic processes. Fynn Paul not only debunks these toxic myths, but provides a balanced portrait of this complex historical process over 500 years. The real history of Native and European relations will surprise you. Not only is this not a tale of shameful sins and crimes against humanity—it is more inspiring than you ever dared to imagine.

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378

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Simon and Schuster

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1642939528

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9781642939521

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The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie

The Rise and Decline of an Iberian Bourgeoisie

Family, Work, and Household in Late Medieval Iberia

Family, Work, and Household in Late Medieval Iberia

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