Intro
Contents
List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction: The Conversion of the Mediterranean into a World Centre, Its Crises and the Formation of the Late Mediaeval Commercial Empires
1.1 The Formation of a World Centre, c 9000 BC-164 AD
1.2 Recurrent Crises and Transformation of the Mare Nostrum, 165-800
1.3 The Catalan Counties, Between the Roman-Carolingian Matrix and the Mediterranean Commercial Revolution, 801-1315
References

2 Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: The Crisis Before the Crisis or, Again, the Transition from the Ancient System to Feudalism
2.1 Ancient System and Crises in Roman Times
2.2 Successor-States: Continuities and Changes
2.3 The Carolingians: Restoration and Crisis
2.4 The Feudal Revolution
2.5 The Twelfth-Century Crisis
2.6 Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
3 The Great Late Medieval Depression and the Catalan Economy, 1315-1516
3.1 The Great Depression of the Late Middle Ages in the Mediterranean
3.2 Crises and Growth in Fourteenth-Century Catalonia

3.3 The Collapse of the Catalan Economy, 1404-1516
3.4 Splendour and Decay of Barcelona: A Comparison from a Mediterranean Perspective
3.5 Concluding Remarks
References
4 The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century in Valencia and Catalonia
4.1 Some Economic Indicators from Valencia and Catalonia
4.2 The Expulsion of the Moriscos and the Economic Crisis in Valencia
4.3 Other Factors of the Valencian Crisis
4.4 An Explanation of the Crisis of the Seventeenth Century in Catalonia
4.5 Concluding Remarks
Notes
References

5 Crises in Catalonia at a Time of Growth and Transition, 1680-1840
5.1 Crises in a Phase of Secular Growth
5.2 The Crises That Affected the Phoenix Just When It Was Trying to Take Off
5.3 The Catastrophe of the War of the Spanish Succession and its Consequences
5.4 The Crisis of 1765-When the Shadow of Malthus Loomed Over the Catalan Economy
5.5 "War with Everyone, and Peace with England"-The Crises of the End of the Century
5.6 The Calamity of the Peninsular War
5.7 The Crises of the Years of Collapse of the Ancien Régime and of the Liberal Revolution

5.8 Concluding Remarks
Notes
References
6 Economic and Financial Crises in Catalonia (1840-1914)
6.1 The Economic and Financial Crises of the Nineteenth Century
6.2 The 1847-1848 Crisis
6.3 The 1857-1859 Crisis
6.4 The 1860s Crisis and the 1866 Crash
6.5 The "Gold Rush" Bubble
6.6 The Systemic Transformations of the End of the Nineteenth Century: Fiscal Crisis and New Monetary System
6.7 The Wheat Crisis and the Disappearance of Subsistence Crises
6.8 The Catalan Economy Overwhelmed by the Restriction of Bank Credit, 1883-1914
6.9 Concluding Remarks
Appendix