LA GENT DEL CARRER MONTCADA. UNA HISTÒRIA DE BARCELONA (SEGLES XIII A XVIII)

The most complete – two volumes and over a thousand pages – yet also the most captivating work to discover and understand the history of medieval and modern Barcelona through one of the city’s most significant places: Carrer Montcada. With the singular methodology and engaging narration so characteristic of him, historian Albert Garcia Espuche, specialist in the history of Barcelona, puts an end to the clichés about Carrer Montcada: the nobles, the creation of an area known as the Gothic Quarter, the radical alterations of buildings on the street and the entirely inadequate use of the concept of palace. He looks at the life and activities of a huge number of people who lived on this thoroughfare between the thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. The analysis uncovers a thrilling microcosm and, in light of the importance of the street, constructs a history of Barcelona and even, surprisingly, a history of Catalonia.