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Late medieval urban conflicts in Castile and Germany lend themselves to fruitful comparisons. Despite the different social structures, non-privileged townspeople (común, meinheit) aspired to political participation and representation in both countries. This emergence of civic consciousness was due to rather well educated and economically successful members of the upper middle classes. In times of struggle or civil war or in situations of double elections of the king in the Medieval Empire, they were important partners of the monarchy. In the towns of Northern Atlantic Spain, their pragmatic alliances with the new dynasty of Trastámara, particularly the Catholic Kings, served mutual interests. It was directed against the influence of strong noble lineages and resulted in successful petitions and municipal reforms. German and Castilian terminology of communities and corporations (gemeinde, meynheit, Bruderschaft, común, comunidat, cofradía) is very similar. The ideal of common good (bien público de la república, gemeiner Nutz) was the paramount argument put forth within the urban political discourse. Inside the socially stratified late medieval system, German and Castilian craft gu

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Author

Jesús Ángel Solórzano Telechea; Gisela Naegle

Published

2014

Language

DE

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Middle Ages, Humanities