Realengos - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:58:51 +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 Realengos - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Navarrese lay lordships with jurisdiction in the second half of the 15th century https://historylab.es/navarrese-lay-lordships-with-jurisdiction-in-the-second-half-of-the-15th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=navarrese-lay-lordships-with-jurisdiction-in-the-second-half-of-the-15th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/senorios-laicos-navarros-con-jurisdiccion-en-la-segunda-mitad-del-siglo-xv/ Map of Navarre with the lay lordships with jurisdiction in the 15th century indicated

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]]> At the beginning of the Modern Age, the different Hispanic kings, in their search for support, gradually ceded part of their jurisdiction to the nobility, but during the second half of the 15th century, the towns tried to take advantage of the wars between the Agramonteses and the Beaumonteses to gain the support of the monarchs. The intention of the towns, which did not resign themselves to losing their royal status, was to free themselves from seignorial jurisdiction, a fact that was maintained throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
Navarre also underwent this process of cession of royal patrimony, with the high nobility receiving noble titles accompanied by extensive lordships with their corresponding rents and jurisdiction. Moreover, they tried to usurp these rights when circumstances were favourable to them.
This situation continued in Navarre until the 17th century, with the recovery of territories by the Crown interceding with new alienations in the search for resources for a royal treasury in crisis.

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]]> Jurisdiction of Palencia’s vassals in the last third of the 18th century https://historylab.es/jurisdiction-of-palencias-vassals-in-the-last-third-of-the-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jurisdiction-of-palencias-vassals-in-the-last-third-of-the-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/jurisdicion-de-los-vasallos-palentinos-en-el-ultimo-tercio-del-siglo-xviii/ Table showing the jurisdictional ascription of Palencia's vassals in 1769

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]]> The Aranda Census in the last third of the 18th century reveals the great administrative division present in the province of Palencia, which was subject to the jurisdiction of several lords who applied different local rules to each of their territories. Thus, in 1769 the census showed that 73.7% of the inhabitants of Palencia resided under the jurisdiction of a lord who was not the king. The model of realengo, similar to other provinces such as Burgos, was maintained, with settlement in small villages of few inhabitants and separated from each other, which favoured direct government by a lord.
Furthermore, 68.8% of the inhabitants of Palencia were answerable to a lay lord, continuing the downward trend of ecclesiastical lordships since even before the confiscations of the 16th century, so that the disappearance of religious jurisdictions only served to allow another, better established lord to absorb into his domains as many smaller towns.

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