A Mediterranean Emporium: The Catalan Kingdom of Majorca,9780521894050

A Mediterranean Emporium: The Catalan Kingdom of Majorca

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ISBN13: 9780521894050
ISBN10: 0521894050
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-05-09
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

The Catalan kingdom of Majorca was established under the will of King James I of Aragon, who conquered Majorca in 1229, but it was ruled from 1276 to 1343 by a cadet dynasty. The kingdom included the key business centers of Montpellier and Perpignan, and other lands in what is now southern France. It was home to important Jewish and Muslim communities, and was the focus of immigration from Catalonia, Provence and Italy. This book emphasizes the major transformations in the trade of the Balearic Islands from the eve of the Catalan conquest to the Black Death, and the effect of the kingdom's creation and demise on the economy of the region.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Note on nomenclature xix
List of the kings of Majorca, 1229-1343
xxi
Note on the coinage of the kingdom of Majorca xxii
Map 1. The kingdom of Majorca
xxiii
Map 2. The western Mediterranean
xxiv
PART I UNITY AND DIVERSITY
The Balearic setting
3(17)
The kingdom and its historians
20(14)
The constitutional problem
34(22)
One kingdom, three religions: the Muslims
56(19)
One kingdom, three religions: the Jews
75(28)
PART II THE CROSSROADS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
The rise of the trade of Mallorca City
103(26)
Commerce in the age of the Vespers
129(21)
Towards economic integration: the early fourteenth century
150(15)
The trade of the autonomous kingdom in its last two decades
165(23)
From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic
188(28)
The reshaping of Mallorca's economy, 1343-1500
216(16)
Conclusion 232(32)
Appendices
I Mallorca and Sardinia, 1267--1343
235(18)
II The Montpellier inquest, 1338--1339
253(11)
Bibliography 264(20)
Index 284

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