RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Acción colectiva y ambiciones políticas del Común en las villas portuarias de Cantabria en la Baja Edad Media: "commo uno más del pueblo" A1 Solórzano Telechea, Jesús Ángel A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid K1 Edad Media AB This paper examines the emergence of the Commons" political consciousness and actions with the aim of changing the political system in the late-medieval port towns of Cantabria. The Commons" political achievements have been the focus of intense controversy almost from the beginnings of contemporary historiography between those who defended that the role of the Commons was very limited and those others who asserted the vitality of the Commons" political legacy. The political activity of the Commons in northern towns of Spain involved the victory of the upper middle class -the urban business elite- resulting from the demands of craft guilds and the Commons" protests in the 15th century, as well as from municipal reforms supported by the Crown. In this way, the monarchy, aligned with the upper middle classes, strengthened its power and turned into the institution responsible for the Commonweal in Cantabrian port towns. SN 1138-9621 YR 2013 FD 2013 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/11596 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/11596 LA spa NO Edad Media: revista de historia, 2013, N.14, pags.239-257 DS UVaDOC RD 29-abr-2024