Family, Work, and Household in Late Medieval Iberia: A Social History of Manresa at the Time of the Black Death

by Jeff Fynn-Paul

Family, Work, and Household presents the social and occupational life of a late medieval Iberian town in rich, unprecedented detail. The book combines a diachronic study of two regionally prominent families--one knightly and one mercantile--with a detailed cross-sectional urban study of household and occupation. The town in question is the market town and administrative centre of Manresa in Catalonia, whose exceptional archives make such a study...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367594412
• ISBN13: 9780367594411
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"