Milites vs. Civitas: Analysis of the conflicts generated by the recruitment of volunteers soldiers in Castile during the second half of the 17th century

Generalmente se culpa a los militares de gran parte de los actos violentos contra los civiles durante los reclutamientos y levas, cuando esto no es del todo cierto, o si ocurría era de una manera testimonial y minoritaria, algo que pretende demostrar este estudio. Para intentar desechar este mito, hemos elegido el estudio de todos los conflictos generados en Castilla por el reclutamiento de voluntarios durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVII. Si bien el alistamiento de tropas fue una tónica habitual de esta época –gozara el reino de paz o no–, los conflictos y violencias que conocemos afectan sólo a una mínima parte de las compañías reclutadas durante todo el periodo. En este trabajo analizaremos las causas y motivos de todos estos problemas, además del alojamiento de las tropas en las ciudades durante su periodo de recluta y los problemas generados por éstas.The soldiers have been generally accused of the violence executed against to the civilians during the recruitments and levies, when this is not completely certain, or if it happened it was in a testimonial and minority way, something that seeks to demonstrate this study. to try to discard this myth, we have chosen the study of all the conflicts generated in castile by the recruitment of volunteers during the second half of the 17th century. although the enlistment of troops was a habitual topic of this time —in war or peacetime— the conflicts and violence that we know only affect a minimum part of the companies recruited during the whole period. in this work we will analyze the causes and reasons of all the conflicts and violence, the lodging of the troops in the cities during their period of recruit, and the problems generated by them