Peasant Elites around the City of Valencia: The Castrellenes Family
This paper seeks to analyse economy of a well-to-do peasant family settled in the urban fringes of the city of Valencia, capital of the kingdom, in the first half of fifteenth Century. The death of the head of the family, due to the plague, made emerge the solidarity of the relatives, who took care...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Studia Historica. Historia Medieval |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/Studia_H_Historia_Medieval/article/view/17631 |
| Summary: | This paper seeks to analyse economy of a well-to-do peasant family settled in the urban fringes of the city of Valencia, capital of the kingdom, in the first half of fifteenth Century. The death of the head of the family, due to the plague, made emerge the solidarity of the relatives, who took care of the orphans. Thanks to the memorial of rents we can assess the economic strategies of a wealthier peasant family, the importance of markets and the city and countryside relations. |
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| ISSN: | 0213-2060 2445-3595 |