Blood, Land and Power : The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Nobility and Lineages in the Early Modern Period Hardback
by Manuel Perez-Garcia
Part of the Iberian and Latin American Studies series
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OPEN ACCESSThe analysis of land management, lineage, and family through the case study of early modern Spanish nobility from sixteenth to early nineteenth century is a major issue in recent historiography.
It aims to shed light on how upper social classes arranged strategies to maintain their political and economic status.
Rivalry and disputes between old factions and families were attached to the control and exercise of power.
Blood, land management and honour were the main elements in these disputes.
Honour, service to the crown, participation in the conquest and 'pure' blood (Catholic affiliation) were the main features of Spanish nobility.
This book analyses the origins of the entailed-estate (mayorazgo) from medieval times to early modern period, as the main element that enables us to understand the socio-economic behaviour of these families over generations.
This long-duree chronology within the Braudelian methodology of this research aims to show how strategies and family networks changed over time, demonstrating a micro-history study of daily life.
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- Pages:352 pages, No
- Publisher:University of Wales Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2021
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:352 pages, No
- Publisher:University of Wales Press
- Publication Date:15/04/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781786837103
