Nicolás Martínez Medina (or de Sevilla), Sevilian Converso and Chief Accountant of Castile. Notes for a Biography

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  • Isabel Montes Romero-Camacho Universidad de Sevilla

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https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiii.27.2014.12648

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Seville, Royal Treasury, Castile

Abstract

After the conquest of Seville in 1248, many Jews and later «Conversos» played a prominent role both in the city and in the Court. They occupied significant positions at the service of the Spanish royal treasury almost uninterruptedly from the reign of Alfonso X (1252-1284) to that of the new Trastámara dynasty. One of these important «Conversos» was Nicolás Martínez de Medina (or de Sevilla), who held public positions under the reigns of the first Trastámara kings, from Enrique II (1369-1379) to Juan II (1406-1454). After a brilliant career in Seville and in the Court, he would become chief accountant of Castile and, consequently, one of the most influential individuals of his time.

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2014-06-26

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Montes Romero-Camacho, I. (2014). Nicolás Martínez Medina (or de Sevilla), Sevilian Converso and Chief Accountant of Castile. Notes for a Biography. Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval, (27), 343–380. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiii.27.2014.12648

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