Early Modern Spain: A Social History (Social History of Europe)

Early Modern Spain: A social History explores the solidarities which held the Spanish nation together at this time of conflict and change. The book studies the pattern of fellowship and patronage at the local level which contributed to the notable absence of popular revolts characteristic of other European countries at this time. It also analyses the Counter-Reformation, which transformed religious attitudes, and which had a huge impact on family life, social control and popular culture.Focusing on the main themes of the development of capitalism, the growth of the state and religious upheaval, this comprehensive social history sheds light on changes throughout Europe in the critical early modern period.

Early Modern Spain: A Social History (Social History of Modern Europe)

History

Casey, James

Europe

Routledge

Early Modern Spain: A Social History explores the solidarities which held the Spanish nation together at this time of conflict and change. Analyses the impact of these changes on family life and popular culture more generally.

Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources James Casey explores two major themes in Spanish historiography - the consequences of the expulsion of the Moriscos (heavily concentrated in Valencia in the early seventeenth century), and the way in which the Habsburg Monarchy kept or lost control over its peripheral provinces. The study ranges widely over questions of population (including a pioneering attempt for early modern Spain at family reconstitution), landholding and agriculture, exploring the links between depopulation and economic decline - twin phenomena which characterized the peninsula in the age of Spain's decline. Dr Casey has drawn on a variety of previously neglected sources - parish registers, tithe records, cadastral surveys - in order to quantify these developments as far as possible. The result is a reassessment of the chronology and extent of economic recession in one of Spain's most fertile provinces, and a revision of some ideas about the importance of the expulsion of the Moriscos.

The Kingdom of Valencia in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)

Business & Money

Economics

Cambridge University Press

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.

Family and Community in Early Modern Spain: The Citizens of Granada, 1570–1739 (New Studies in European History)

Parenting & Relationships

Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources James Casey explores two major themes in Spanish historiography - the consequences of the expulsion of the Moriscos (heavily concentrated in Valencia in the early seventeenth century), and the way in which the Habsburg Monarchy kept or lost control over its peripheral provinces. The study ranges widely over questions of population (including a pioneering attempt for early modern Spain at family reconstitution), landholding and agriculture, exploring the links between depopulation and economic decline - twin phenomena which characterized the peninsula in the age of Spain's decline. Dr Casey has drawn on a variety of previously neglected sources - parish registers, tithe records, cadastral surveys - in order to quantify these developments as far as possible. The result is a reassessment of the chronology and extent of economic recession in one of Spain's most fertile provinces, and a revision of some ideas about the importance of the expulsion of the Moriscos.

"The History of the Family" is about the changing interactions between family and social, political and religious structures over the last thousand years of European history. The family is usually described in terms of patterns of kinship, inheritance, relations between the sexes and generations. The author examines the contemporary use of these terms and their evolution from nineteenth-century anthropology and social thought. He then considers how these concepts apply to and reveal the nature of European and other societies. A central aspect of the author's argument is that the history of the family is crucial to the interpretation of social development. He describes and analyzes the changing relationships between family and state and between kinds of household structure, and access to property in traditional and industrial societies. He also seeks to explain the loss of independent status by women in Europe around 1100, and the rise of a male prerogative which survived unchallenged into the 19th century. Viewed as a flexible way of ordering social relationships, the family and its shifting role and structure can be more readily understood, the author argues, than if it is defined as an evolving tradition.

The history of the family (New perspectives on the past)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

B. Blackwell

The History of the Family concerns the changing interactions between family and social, political and religious structures over the last thousand years of European history. The family is usually described in terms of patterns of kinship, inheritance, and relations between sexes and generations. The author examines the contemporary use of these terms and their evolution from nineteenth-century anthropology and social thought. He then considers how these concepts apply to and reveal the nature of European and other societies.

The History of the Family (New Perspectives on the Past)

Wiley/Blackwell

A former monk who taught religion and philosophy in both high school and college settings reflects on life. The story he inherited told him who he is, why he is here, where he is going and how to live along the way. In questioning that story, he explores the quest for meaning in the world today that seems to be questioning traditional values and social structures that once supported individuals. His reflections suggest that we are in a transitional phase between stories based on an ancient worldview formed without the information we have about our world today and the beginning of a new story that seeks meaning in a scientific and technological world.

Reflections Along The Way

Religion & Spirituality

In Paradisum Press

Finite Thermal Elasticity

Science & Math

Physics

Amer Soc of Mechanical Engineers

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Early Modern Spain: A Social History (Social History of Modern Europe)

Early Modern Spain: A Social History (Social History of Europe)

The Kingdom of Valencia in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)

Family and Community in Early Modern Spain: The Citizens of Granada, 1570–1739 (New Studies in European History)

The Kingdom of Valencia in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)

Family and Community in Early Modern Spain: The Citizens of Granada, 1570–1739 (New Studies in European History)

The history of the family (New perspectives on the past)

The History of the Family (New Perspectives on the Past)

Reflections Along The Way

Finite Thermal Elasticity