Función pacificadora y judicial de los corregidores en las villas y ciudades castellanas, a fines de la edad media

From the middle of the fourteenth century, prior to 1480, we know that the Castilian corregidor intervened frequently in councils when his presence was requested. In this paper, using approaches that diverge from the traditional institutional one, I intend to focus on the peace-making mediation of t...

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Main Author: María Asenjo-González
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Published: Instituto de Estudos Medievais 2015-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1075
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description From the middle of the fourteenth century, prior to 1480, we know that the Castilian corregidor intervened frequently in councils when his presence was requested. In this paper, using approaches that diverge from the traditional institutional one, I intend to focus on the peace-making mediation of the corregidores in the cities and the usefulness of the part they played in the troubled society of the late Middle Ages. In his task, the corregidor would contribute the mediation of his social rank and prestige and he would act as a neutral element – unconnected with the city, its divisions and its disputes – invested with judicial and punitive powers. At the end of his intervention, the success of his actions would enable the city to regain its jurisdictional powers, preventing the growing tensions and disputes that would have justified the change from royal to seigniorial jurisdiction, in some cases. But the success of his actions and the permanence of the office were also associated with the growing urban social conviction of the need to obtain protection in a system of justice that was detached from the local authorities and to put an end to conflicts threatening the everyday peace. Therefore it is my view that, before 1480, the corregidores contributed to the consolidation of royal jurisdiction and to reviving the social commitment to defend justice and peace in the kingdom, the chief arguments of royal power in the late Middle Ages.
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Función pacificadora y judicial de los corregidores en las villas y ciudades castellanas, a fines de la edad media
Medievalista
Historiography
Cities
Castile
Justice
Government
Corregidores
title Función pacificadora y judicial de los corregidores en las villas y ciudades castellanas, a fines de la edad media
title_full Función pacificadora y judicial de los corregidores en las villas y ciudades castellanas, a fines de la edad media
title_fullStr Función pacificadora y judicial de los corregidores en las villas y ciudades castellanas, a fines de la edad media
title_full_unstemmed Función pacificadora y judicial de los corregidores en las villas y ciudades castellanas, a fines de la edad media
title_short Función pacificadora y judicial de los corregidores en las villas y ciudades castellanas, a fines de la edad media
title_sort funcion pacificadora y judicial de los corregidores en las villas y ciudades castellanas a fines de la edad media
topic Historiography
Cities
Castile
Justice
Government
Corregidores
url https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1075
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