For the Common Good : : Popular Politics in Barcelona, 1580–1640 /

For the Common Good : : Popular Politics in Barcelona, 1580–1640 / / Luis R. Corteguera.

On June 7, 1640, the viceroy of Catalonia was stabbed to death on a Barcelona beach. By Christmas, several more royal officials of the Spanish principality had been assassinated. In the wake of these and other violent acts committed by the "people"—a term used for artisans—the Catalans sev...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Corteguera, Luis R.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2002
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 3 charts/graphs, 7 halftones, 3 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Artisans in Politics
  • 2. For the Common Good of Barcelona
  • 3. Who Speaks for the People of Barcelona?
  • 4. Taking Politics to the Streets
  • 5. The Future of Privilege
  • 6. Demand for Justice
  • 7. Refusing to Fight
  • 8. The Monster Unbound
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Trades and Crafts in Barcelona
  • Appendix 2. Artisan Representation in Barcelona's Consell de Cent
  • Appendix 3. Officers in the Confratemity of Master Shoemakers
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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