| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 314 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
New studies in European history
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New studies in European history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-309) and index. |
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Genealogical tables: pages 295-304. |
| Contents |
Knights and citizens -- Nobles of the doubloon -- Lords of Granada -- The web of inheritance -- The network of marriage -- Blood wedding -- Cradle of the citizen -- The shadow of the ancestors -- The spirit of the clan -- The law of honour -- Good commonwealth men -- Defenders of the fatherland. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Families -- Spain -- History -- 16th century.
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Families. |
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Spain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Families -- Spain -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Spain -- Granada -- History.
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Elite (Social sciences) |
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Spain -- Granada. |
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Spain -- Social conditions -- To 1800.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1800 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Casey, James, 1944- Family and community in early modern Spain. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 0521855896 9780521855891 (DLC) 2007295322 (OCoLC)70764851 |
| ISBN |
9780511270116 (electronic book) |
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0511270119 (electronic book) |
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9780511268434 (electronic book) |
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0511268432 (electronic book) |
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0511269552 (electronic book) |
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9780511269554 (electronic book) |
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9780511496707 (ebook) |
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0511496702 (ebook) |
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0521855896 (Cloth) |
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9780521855891 (hardback) |
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