Border law and ecclesiastical domains in the Middle Ages

Abstract

The study of the border law has been abandoned for years and there are still large gaps in their knowledge that prevent us from knowing the close ties between the texts. This article has tried to remedy this deficiency with the study of a charter of small size as Valfermoso de las Monjas. The analysis has been made at three levels: structure, writing and vocabulary, finding significant parallels between this text and another as important as Uclés. The conclusion that can be reached is that the foundation of this town was accompanied by the establishment of a law based on a pre-existing tradition in the region. This tradition was not oral but rather was written in a text that had wide circulation in the ecclesiastical domains.