Menor - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:16:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Menor - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Number of lawsuits for guardianships and curatorships in the Chancillerías of Valladolid and Granada. 16th-18th centuries https://historylab.es/number-of-lawsuits-for-guardianships-and-curatorships-in-the-chancillerias-of-valladolid-and-granada-16th-18th-centuries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=number-of-lawsuits-for-guardianships-and-curatorships-in-the-chancillerias-of-valladolid-and-granada-16th-18th-centuries Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/cantidad-de-pleitos-por-tutorias-y-curadurias-en-las-chancillerias-de-valladolid-y-granada-siglos-xvi-xviii/ Table discerning the number of lawsuits between the two Castilian Chancillerías according to the century

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]]> The administration of a minor’s assets could be part of the social and family conflict if the guardians or curators did not fulfil their commitments. Between 1501 and 1799, 1,207 lawsuits were recorded in the Crown of Castile in relation to this issue. The casuistic differences between the different jurisdictions meant that, while in the Chancillería de Valladolid the number of lawsuits was concentrated in the 16th century (45.5% of them), decreasing during the 17th and 18th centuries, the Chancillería de Granada suffered an inverse evolution, going from 17.9% in the 16th century to 49.3% in the 18th century. However, both Chancillerías had in common that the lawsuits were mostly against curators and not against guardians. In terms of motivations, the author summarises that lawsuits brought by guardians or curators in defence of the interests of the minors in their care amounted to 58%, while those aimed at the diminution or disintegration of the patrimony were close to 50%.

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]]> Typology of litigation by guardianships at the Chancery of Valladolid https://historylab.es/typology-of-litigation-by-guardianships-at-the-chancery-of-valladolid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=typology-of-litigation-by-guardianships-at-the-chancery-of-valladolid Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/tipologia-de-litigios-por-tutorias-en-la-chancilleria-de-valladolid/ Table categorising the typology of litigation by guardianship of the Chancery of Valladolid, where more than half are for economic-material reasons

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]]> The causes of litigation involving curators and guardians of minors during the Modern Age were very varied, but concentrated in a few types. The main cause of litigation was related to the restitution of property to minors, i.e. the accountability of the administrator towards the minor. In the Chancillería de Valladolid, out of 179 litigations for guardianships compiled by the author, this cause accounted for 30.2% of the total, followed by lawsuits between guardians and curators for maladministration (11.7%) and by problems related to inheritances and parental accounts (10.6%). Far behind are, for example, resignations of guardianships (3 cases out of 179), or the guardian’s squandering of the minor’s inheritance (2 out of 179). In sum, financial and material conditions accounted for more than half of the guardianship disputes.

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