Los resortes del poder en la Navarra bajomedieval (siglos XII-XV)

Abstract

Navarre was submerged during the XIIIth century in an intense process of actualization and modernization that changed the organization of the royal power. The objective of the analysis in this article is to give an overview of this evolution, while synthesizing and presenting an account of the state of affairs by focusing mainly on the mechanisms for controlling the land, the reorganization, administration and systematization of the income generated by the king's patrimony, and the exercise of jurisdiction. The study departs from the necessary platform established in the second half of the XIIth century by the last monarchs who pertained to the Navarrese dynasty, and created the foundation for a new definition of sovereign power during the Low Middle Ages. The new royalty of the "Champenois" and moreover the Capetians, continued the administrative readjustments during the XIVth century until the fiscal system and the mechanisms of a modern state triumphed. The weakness of royal power during the second half of the XVth century introduced the first breakdown in a system which nevertheless rebuilt itself into a well-articulated structure, consistent for modern times.