From feudalism to capitalism : : social and political change in Castile and Western Europe, 1250-1520 / / Carlos Astarita.

• Superior document: Historical Materialism Book Series ; 252
• VerfasserIn: Astarita, Carlos, 1951-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Historical Materialism Book Series ; 252.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (275 pages)
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Copyright Page /; Introduction /; Chapter 1 The Commoner Knights /; Chapter 2 Categories of the State /; Chapter 3 The Feudal State /; Chapter 4 The Procuradores Pecheros /; Chapter 5 Rural Domestic Industry /; Chapter 6 Class Consciousness /; Chapter 7 Asymmetrical Trade /; Chapter 8 Sicily, Tuscany and Castile /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004258389; 9789004258372
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Carlos Astarita.

Carlos Astarita's From Feudalism to Capitalism: Social and Political Change in Castile and Western Europe, 1250-1520 presents for an English-speaking readership a major intervention in a number of debates in Marxist historiography. The work has four thematic nuclei: the socio-political evolution that led to the feudal state, the genesis of capitalist rural production, the class struggle and the relationship of these factors with the commercial flow between regions. Received interpretations are revaluated through a series of original case studies that greatly enrich our understanding of theoretical terms, and suggest new interpretations of the absolutist state, the temporal validity of the law of value and the origins of capitalism. This book was originally published in Spanish as Del feudalismo al capitalismo/i> by Publicacions Universitat de València (PUV), 2005, 978-84-370-6206-8.