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The Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia (Paperback, Revised)
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The Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies
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This 1991 book describes the history of peasants in Catalonia, the
wealthiest and politically dominant part of the medieval Kingdom of
Aragon, between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. It focuses on
the period from 1000 to 1300, when free peasants who had held
property under favourable frontier conditions were progressively
subjugated by their lords. Between 1462 and 1486 Catalan peasants
mounted the most successful peasants' war of the Middle Ages, and
achieved the formal abolition of servitude. Professor Freedman
seeks to explain both the process by which servitude was
strengthened over the centuries, and its eventual weakening before
a direct moral and military challenge. He addresses both the causes
of enserfment and the limitations on its effectiveness. The book
integrates archival evidence with the theories of society
elaborated by medieval jurists. Comparisons are drawn between
Catalonia and other regions, and its experience is situated within
a spectrum of different social and economic conditions.
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