TY - BOOK AU - Perez-Garcia,Manuel TI - Blood, Land and Power: The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Nobility and Lineages in the Early Modern Period T2 - Iberian and Latin American Studies SN - 9781786837127 AV - CS947 .B566 2021 KW - Nobility KW - Spain KW - Genealogy KW - History KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Cover --; Title --; Copyright --; Contents --; Series Editors' Foreword --; Acknowledgements --; List of Figures, Graphs and Tables --; Foreword by J. B. Owens --; Introduction --; 1 Lineage, Glory and Honour in the Late Middle Ages: Conquest and Consolidation of Economic Power --; 2 Honour and Purity of Blood --; 3 Building a Social Network through Political, Social and Institutional ties --; 4 Family and Entailed Estate (Mayorazgo): First-Borns as Keepers of the Family's Economic Power --; Conclusions --; Bibliography --; Notes --; Appendix; 2; b N2 - This long-durée study contributes to a deep knowledge of the formation of ruling elites, nobility, political class and rich families in southern Europe (Spain) during the transition from the Ancien Régime to the nineteenth century's new liberal regimes UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2909760&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -