The Growing Dissatisfaction of the Castilian Cortes with the Invasion of Municipal Life by the Nobility (1433-1435)

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  • Vicente Ángel Álvarez Palenzuela Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiii.27.2014.12637

Keywords:

Juan II of Castile, Cortes of Castile, Taxation, Castilian Oligarchy, Castilian cities

Abstract

Only a small part of the great institutional reform project approved in the Cortes of Zamora was actually implemented, leading to dissatisfaction and the ensuing protests of the Cortes of Madrid of 1433. On the other hand, the Ordinances of Segovia were to provide an essential, if only partial, solution to this issue. While the ruling oligarchy —especially the faction led by Álvaro de Luna— visibly increased its power, leading to political animosities, the parliament of Madrid of 1435 denounced the neglect of important commitments adopted in Zamora. These concern the limits to municipal control by the high nobility, and once again the Cortes reiterates the need to deal with previously unresolved fiscal, economic, legal, and administrative issues. Along with irreconcilable differences in the objectives of the members of the oligarchy, distrust and dissatisfaction made unfeasible any project of institutional reform.

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Published

2014-06-26

How to Cite

Álvarez Palenzuela, V. Ángel. (2014). The Growing Dissatisfaction of the Castilian Cortes with the Invasion of Municipal Life by the Nobility (1433-1435). Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval, (27), 37–108. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiii.27.2014.12637

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