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)

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Carlos Astarita -- Copyright Page / Carlos Astarita -- Introduction / Carlos Astarita -- Chapter 1 The Commoner Knights / Carlos Astarita -- Chapter 2 Categories of the State / Carlos Astarita -- Chapter 3 The Feudal State / Carlos Astarita -- Chapter 4 The Procuradores Pecheros / Carlos Astarita -- Chapter 5 Rural Domestic Industry / Carlos Astarita -- Chapter 6 Class Consciousness / Carlos Astarita -- Chapter 7 Asymmetrical Trade / Carlos Astarita -- Chapter 8 Sicily, Tuscany and Castile / Carlos Astarita -- Bibliography / Carlos Astarita -- Index / Carlos Astarita.