This chapter deals with the sources and methodologies available to study dynamics of social mobility in Late Medieval Crown of Aragon. We discuss the strengths and limitations of three different kind of sources: fiscal registers, municipal records and notarial sources (wills, probate inventories and wills). Secondly, we present four case studies based on the cities of Girona and Majorca, as well as the small towns of Sant Mateu and Castelló de la Plana (both in northern kingdom of Valencia). In Girona we trace family names through local tax registers combined with an approach centered on lists of municipal offices. We compare the latter approach with another on Palma (Majorca). Finally, we seek to detect changes in socioeconomic status through the minimum threshold of income fixed in general tax records in Sant Mateu, along with the evolution of families recorded in local wealth registers in Castelló.
University of Lleida, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-4364-4901
University of València, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-7190-0001
Titolo del capitolo
Social mobility in the towns and countryside of Late Medieval Crown of Aragon (c. 1300- c. 1550): sources and methodological approaches
Autori
Albert Reixach Sala, Pau Viciano
Lingua
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9.09
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Anno di pubblicazione
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
La mobilità sociale nelle società preindustriali: tendenze, cause ed effetti (secc. XIII-XVIII) / Social mobility in pre-industrial societies: tendencies, causes and effects (13th-18th centuries)
Curatori
Angela Orlandi
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Numero di pagine
612
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0667-9
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979-12-215-0666-2
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979-12-215-0667-9
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979-12-215-0668-6
Collana
Datini Studies in Economic History
ISSN della collana
2975-1241
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2975-1195