Political Prestige and Royal Offices: the Nobility of Cuenca in the Low Middle Ages at the Court
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https://doi.org/10.3989/aem.2007.v37.i2.48Keywords:
Nobility, Castile, Cuenca, Policy, Court, Royal offices, Late Middle AgesAbstract
The nobility of Cuenca adquired a great territorial patrimony and a high political position during the Late Middle Ages. The complex relationship sustained by the Monarchy allowed them to project a socio-economic ascent —Town charges, courtly offices, seigneurial donations— in a time of social and political turbulence over the peninsular kingdoms. The noble lineages of Cuenca had a singular characteristic: a high number of their members developed a royal office in the court or in administrative and territorial functions. These offices used to be appropriated by a lineage for several generations and provided social as well as economic benefits.
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