...Frederic Aparisi Abstract During the last decade, rural historians have increasingly studied the wealthier sectors of rural communities. This paper seeks to analyze the economic activities of rural elites, focusing on the Midlands in the kingdom of Valencia during the fifteenth century...

... of the valley of Alfa` ndec, located in the midlands of the kingdom of Valencia, under the lordship of the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria de Valldigna during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Most vassals were Muslim, although some Christian families also lived in the valley. The book is firmly grounded...

...Philip Slavin Beyond Lords and Peasants: Rural Elites and Economic Differentiation in Pre-Modern Europe . Edited by Frederic Aparisi and Vicent Royo . Valencia : University of Valencia Press , 2014 . 256 pp., €20.00 , hardback, ISBN 978-84-370-9261-4 . © the Agricultural History...

... Mustieles, Esbozo de la futura economía valenciana (Valencia: Talleres Tipográficos "La Gutenberg," 1933), 187; California (Los Angeles) Citrograph, May 1930, 306. D. C. King, sales agent of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, concluded that: "You will see from the foregoing that the trip to Spain...

... organization, and local power from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Although the majority of papers refer to areas in Catalonia and are written in Catalan, there are also some from other parts of Spain: Valencia (in Catalan), Aragon, Cantabria, the Basque country, and Andalusia (in Castilian...

..., the volume would have profited from a careful proofreading by a native english reader. in addition, there is a strong regional bias in this volume, with the majority of papers focusing on either Valencia or Flanders (in addition to one study on england). Finally, there is no index in this volume. With all...

... of Spain: Valencia (in Catalan), Aragon, Cantabria, the Basque country, and Andalusia (in Castilian). The volume, organized in three parts largely according to content and geographic area, is ably introduced by Aymat Catafau who indicates the main aspects of current research on the way in which territories...

... interaction and stop violence before the lord s officials took part and fined the involved families. Thanks to an engaging narrative style, the book will be enjoyed both by scholars of medieval society and by those who study the medieval period for pleasure. Frederic Aparisi Romero University of Valencia...

... Gallego, VicentePinilla,and threeanonymousreferees.Participantsin research seminarsfromtheuniversitieosfZaragoza (Spain), Valencia (Spain), and Lund (Sweden) also made helpfulcommentson related papers. Mark Andrews revisedthe English. Financial assistance was providedby the regional governmentof Arag6n...

... with a subsequent reduction in cultivated lands; the concentrated population along the banks of the Xúquer in towns such as Alzira, Algemesí, and Carcaixent; and the way in which the development of Valencia and Játiva prevented Alzira s becoming a capital city. Angel Hernández Sesé in his discussion of the mas...

... day of the year, no matter what the weather outside. Fresh Valencia oranges could only be harvested from March to June, but perfect, prepackaged Minute Maid Orange Juice could be found in the freezer section in any season.1 Bing Crosby's crooning voice brought a note of soothing calm to an in? dustry...

... of the 20th Century." Samara State Pedagogical University (Russia), 2004. Modesto, Jose R. "Crisis y Reestructuracion de la Agricultura Rentista Valenciana. El Patrimonio Rustico del Hospital General de Valencia, 1780-1860." [Crisis and Reconstruction of the Valencian Land-Renter Agriculture. The Rustic...

... techniques provided Jewish settlers with tools to differentiate themselves from Arab orange growers, so too did they for the pieds noirs in Algeria and Morocco, where French imperial agriculture services promoted the Californian orchard through the propagation of Washington navels and Valencias: the two...

... , Capitalismo, Hacienda y Poblamiento: Su Desarrollo en la Costa Atlántica ( Bogotá : Carlos Valencia Editores , 1976 ), 37 – 38 ; LeGrand , Frontier Expansion , 52 ; Salomón Kalmanovitz , Economía y Nación: Una Breve Historia de Colombia ( Bogotá : Editorial Norma , 2003 ), 205 – 206...