For the common good
Subtitle: popular politics in Barcelona, 1580-1640
By: Luis R. Corteguera.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Ithaca N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Central-local government relations -- Spain.; Barcelona (Spain) -- Politics and government.; Spain -- Politics and government -- 1556-1598.; Spain -- Politics and government -- 1598-1621.; Spain -- Politics and government -- 1621-1665.; Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- Revolution, 1640 -- Causes.
Description: "On June 7, 1640, the viceroy of Catalonia was stabbed to death on a Barcelona beach. By Christmas, several more royal officials of the Spanish principality had been assassinated. In the wake of these and other violent acts committed by the "people" - a term used for artisans - the Catalans severed their allegiance to the Spanish monarchy and elected Louis XIII of France their new king. The first English-language book to explore the political beliefs and behavior of early modern craftsmen, Luis R.

Corteguera's work offers a dramatically new account of the origins of the Catalan revolt, the longest rebellion in seventeenth-century Spain."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.
Table of contents: title: Artisans in politics; title: For the common good of Barcelona; title: Who speaks for the people of Barcelona?; title: Taking politics to the streets; title: The future of privilege; title: Demand for justice; title: Refusing to fight; title: The monster unbound.