The political action of the common people in the towns of the Cantabrian coast

Díaz de Durana, José Ramón ^[1] ; Dacosta, Arsenio ^[2]
1. [1] Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
  
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
  
  Leioa, España
2. [2] Universidad de Salamanca
  
  Universidad de Salamanca
  
  Salamanca, España
Localización: Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, ISSN-e 1754-6567, ISSN 1754-6559, Vol. 10, Nº. 3, 2018, págs. 403-420
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- In this paper we examine the influence exercised by popular action on the political system of the Crown of Castile’s Cantabrian possessions in the late Middle Ages. Working from a mixture of municipal records, lawsuits preserved in the Royal Chancery Archive in Valladolid, chronicles and historical literature we will attempt to do the following: identify the protagonists of said popular political action, examine the basis of their political discourse, advance in our understanding of their political organisation, and evaluate the consequences of their activity