CHAPTER I A MEDITERRANEAN CITY, 3
CHAPTER II THE
EVOLUTION OF OLIGARCHY, 24
Shifting Definitions, 25
The King's Two Bodies, 3 3
CHAPTER III TOWARD
AN URBAN NOBILITY, 53
From Country to City, 54
Ennoblement and Social Mobility, 58
Rise of the Lawyers, 68
Economic Foundations, 73
CHAPTER IV THE
MAKING OF A RULING CLASS, 85
The Art of Compromise, 87
Elite Sociability, 90
CHAPTER V
IDEOLOGIES OF NOBILITY, 102
Virtuous Letters, 104
Local Arguments, 110
Gilabert and the Letrados, 113
Exemplars for Aristocrats, 118
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CHAPTER VI
STUDIES IN SOCIAL VOCABULARY, 127
From Genius to Culture, 131
The Mirror Image of Ignorance, 146
Reason and the Language of Control, 151
CHAPTER VII THE
ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, 158
Hercules of Eloquence, 159
Distrustful Academicians, 171
CHAPTER VIII SIGNS OF
IDENTITY, 181
A Question of Style, 181
The Castilianization of Language, 190
Retreat to the Balcony, 195
CHAPTER IX CONCLUSION, 211
EPILOGUE THE PLACE OF BARCELONA, 216
Bibliography, 223
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