Orígenes de la burguesía en la España medieval

Synopsis of Orígenes de la burguesía en la España medieval

«Orígenes de la burguesía en la España medieval» is the historical essay by Luis G. de Valdeavellano (Espasa-Calpe, paperback, 220 pages, in Spanish).

Classic study on the formation of the bourgeoisie in medieval Spain. It analyses the commercial renaissance of the eleventh century, the role of pilgrimages to Santiago and the development of cities and boroughs along the Way, from Roncesvalles to Compostela, up to the emergence of bourgeois social groups and their distinction from citizen knights.

Second edition in the Austral Collection, extra volume (no. 1461). With a prologue by Ramón Carande.

Reference work for those interested in the social and economic history of medieval Spain.