Blood, land and power : the rise and fall of the Spanish nobility and lineages in the early modern period / Manuel Perez-Garcia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pérez-García, Manuel, 1979- author.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nobility--Economic conditions.

Nobility.

Nobility--Spain--Economic conditions.

Nobility--Spain--History.

Spain--Politics and government.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff, England : University of Wales Press, [2021]

Summary:

This long-durée study contributes to a deep knowledge of the formation of ruling elites, nobility, political class and rich families in southern Europe (Spain) during the transition from the Ancien Régime to the nineteenth century's new liberal regimes.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Series Editors' Foreword

Acknowledgements

List of Figures, Graphs and Tables

Foreword by J. B. Owens

Introduction

1 Lineage, Glory and Honour in the Late Middle Ages: Conquest and Consolidation of Economic Power

2 Honour and Purity of Blood

3 Building a Social Network through Political, Social and Institutional ties

4 Family and Entailed Estate (Mayorazgo): First-Borns as Keepers of the Family's Economic Power

Conclusions

Bibliography

Notes

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786837127

1786837129

OCLC:

1246582256