Urban Politics in Early Modern Europe

Friedrichs, Christopher R.

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“…El caso del gobierno de Barcelona es un caso poco comu ñ en la Europa de fiñales del siglo XVII, momento en el cual el ñu mero de miembros de las e lites urbanas tiende a disminuir (Friedrichs, 2000). Es a la vez un perí odo en que el miedo o el rechazo a la participacio ñ polí tica de los grupos estamentales ma s bajos se esta expandiendo, lo que lleva a que los monarcas y señ ores de vasallos quieran ejercer un mayor control sobre los cabildos municipales (Schlo gl, 2009;Gauci, 1996).…”

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“…Las formas de eleccio ñ de los cargos municipales de las ciudades europeas requieren tambie ñ un estudio atento. Tanto Scholl, Friedrichs, Holestein o Prack, han puesto de mañifiesto que una de las formas ma s extendida en la Europa de los siglos XVI-XVIII respecto a la eleccio ñ de los cargos municipales era la cooptacio ñ (Scholl, 2009;Friedrichs, 2000;Holestein 2008;Prak, 2018). En Inglaterra eran escogidos por este sistema las tres cuartas partes de las ciudades (Gauci, 1996, p. 63).…”

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“…En cambio, en otros lugares eran seleccionados por complejos sistemas electorales controlados por un consejo (Friedrichs, 1995, Nubola, 2009. En la corona de Arago ñ se escogí añ por iñsaculacio ñ o por distintas formas de sorteo, un sistema que tambie ñ encontramos en las ciudades francesas, italianas e inglesas y en algunas castellanas, como Ma laga o Jerez, y en municipios asturianos (Serra Puig, 2015;Gauci, 1996;Friedrichs, 2000;Goñza lez Beltra ñ, 2001;Faya Dí az, 2003) 3 .…”

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La Representación Política Del Consejo Del Ciento a Finales Del Siglo Xvii

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Los estudios de James Amelang sobre el Consejo de Ciento han puesto de manifiesto las virtudes del sistema de gobierno barcelonés, destacando especialmente que fue «ejemplo de una forma alternativa de forjar la estabilidad política y social». Esto resulta llamativo pues, como sabemos, desde finales del siglo XVI asistimos en toda Europa a un proceso generalizado de cierre oligárquico en que las clases populares tienen un peso menor en los gobiernos municipales. El objetivo de este trabajo es valorar si el carácter popular del gobierno barcelonés supone un caso poco común en la Europa de finales del siglo XVII. Para conseguir este objetivo se ha llevado a cabo un estudio de los miembros del Consejo de Ciento en los últimos 26 años de su existencia (1688-1714) así como de los consellers de los últimos cincuenta años (1665-1714).

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La Representación Política Del Consejo Del Ciento a Finales Del Siglo Xvii

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“…16 In this respect, the Dublin civic elite followed the practice of municipal authorities across Europe, from York to modern Riga, in protecting local guilds from outside intruders. 17 However, the city could on occasion act to curtail a guild's rights where these were judged to conflict with the common good. In 1603, and again in 1695, for example, the council curbed the bakers' monopoly during periods of food shortage.…”

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The Guilds of Dublin and Immigrants in the Seventeenth Century

Whelan¹

2012

Irish Economic and Social History

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A recurring theme in the history of Dublin was the city's efforts to enhance and preserve its heritage of civic privileges, obtained through a series of royal grants dating back to its foundation. These rights and immunities informed all aspects of Dublin society, shaping its political, legal and economic structures. This article will examine the efforts of guilds and the civic elite to defend their economic privileges in the face of threats from immigrant artisans or traders. It will pay especial attention to the ways in which a changing religious and political situation influenced policy in this area. In 1600 the aldermanic elite that oversaw the city's finances, policing and administration was a religiously mixed grouping. After 1650, apart from the Jacobite interlude, it became an avowedly Protestant body, although the patriciate still remained divided between dissenters and adherents of the Church of Ireland. 1 There was, however, significant continuity in terms of social composition, in that the patricians were mainly wealthy traders, closely linked to the merchant guild and keen to preserve the city's privileges out of economic and political self-interest. In 1672, for example, the New Rules imposed by the government, in an ostensible bid to boost trade, sought to enfranchise more citizens, chiefly by reducing the entry fine. 2 The civic elite, though deeply divided along political and religious lines, united to defend the corporation's control over the admission of new citizens. 3 The number enfranchised upon payment of an entry fine actually declined from a yearly average of 34 before 1672 to 24 after that date. 4

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“…Second, the Dutch Republic had a distinct political constellation, rendering significant political autonomy to individual towns. In other states, tendencies toward centralization of public services had occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, 9 but in the Dutch Republic, they remained very much arranged at the decentralized level. 10 Finally, Dordrecht was a medium-large port town in the province of Holland, albeit no longer as successful as were larger cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam.…”

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Professionalization of Public Service: Civil Servants in Dordrecht, 1575-1795

Meerkerk

2010

Journal of Urban History

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This article examines the extent to which bureaucratization and professionalization of public services occurred in early modern Dordrecht, a medium-sized town in the Dutch Republic. To this end, general developments in spending on public services are investigated, followed by more in-depth analysis of changes in three different professions of officials: Dordrecht’s city secretaries, city midwives, and gatekeepers. Three possible explanations for the bureaucratization and professionalization of public services in Dordrecht are investigated: economic and demographic developments, social standing of the offices, and type of service provided. There appears to be a definite, albeit not necessarily linear, relationship between economic and demographic influences and the process of bureaucratization. The extent of professionalization can to a large degree be explained by the variations in social status and in working sphere between the different types of officials providing public services, in which varying degrees of monitoring and regulation were considered desirable.

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Urban Politics in Early Modern Europe

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La Representación Política Del Consejo Del Ciento a Finales Del Siglo Xvii

La Representación Política Del Consejo Del Ciento a Finales Del Siglo Xvii

The Guilds of Dublin and Immigrants in the Seventeenth Century

Professionalization of Public Service: Civil Servants in Dordrecht, 1575-1795

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