The economic exploitation of the “Campo Arañuelo” and the rural economy of the Territory of Plasencia by the middle of the 15th century

Abstract

The ‘Campo Arañuelo’, district of the Plasencia's land, until final of the century XV bill with a scarce population and abundant grasses. Neighbors of La Vera, the area Almonte-Tajo or of other districts of the term they move with their livestocks or they establish a second vicinity in her. The concession of Plasencia to Pedro of Stúñiga in 1442, the existence of numerous seignorials estates in the term of Plasencia and a joint of demographic and agrarian growth will originate very important disputes on its use and exploitation by the middle of the XV century. This conflict will allow to have very important information on the trade of the cereal, the cattle cabins or the seasonal displacements in the term of Plasencia.