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T1 «Como sy fuesen vuestros vasallos»: las relaciones informales de las oligarquías urbanas y el sometimiento del territorio en la Castilla bajomedieval
A1 Martín Romera, María Angeles
A1 Asenjo González, María (coord.)
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Edad Media
AB The subjugation of the hinterland by the city is addressed in this article from the perspective of the informal relations that were inherent to the Castilian institutional structure. Through the royal documentation, we reconstruct practices that were banned for being considered corrupt as they encouraged favors, bribes, frauds and even rioting. More particularly, we analyse some Castilian figures related to patronage, like the «criados», the «allegados» and the «acostamiento»; the extension of this model into the hinterland where the city councillors established pseudo-vassalage relations with the officers from the villages; as well as the role of gift-giving in the whole interpersonal system where custom and courtesy were inevitably confused with bribery. The paper claims that it would be misleading to conceive these behaviors as mere abuses and a perversion of politics. The patronage that benefited clients and the exchange of gifts were consubstantial to power relations in the Late Middle Ages. Therefore, the subjugation of the hinterland necessarily reproduced these same practices.
SN 1138-9621
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/19556
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/19556
LA spa
NO Edad Media: revista de historia, 2014, N.15, pags.155-174
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-nov-2024