Social mobility was a typical phenomenon in the estates system of the Modern Age, as it has already been shown repeatedly. Money was a key element in an attempt to get the coveted promotion as well as to seize opportunities for royal service that the Habsburg imperial machinery provided. In the political and social elevation process starred by the lords of Caracena and Pinto, the grant of the manor, the access to government local areas, the foundation of “mayorazgos”, the implementation of some successful marriage strategies, and finally, the performance of some of the most relevant administrative, governmental and military positions of the Spanish monarchy became milestones. Therefore, these lords’ upward career also allowed them to build ...
En el proyecto político de Alfonso X tuvo especial relevancia la regulación de los oficios de la a...
Los estudios realizados sobre la apropiación de tierras comunales en Castilla han puesto gran part...
The servants of nobility of Castile were persons who were constant with the lord, and even some they...
Como ha sido puesto de manifiesto ya en reiteradas ocasiones la movilidad social fue un fenómeno car...
Social mobility was a typical phenomenon in the estates system of the Modern Age, as it has already ...
Fortunately, the topics we usually have about the Spanish Society during the Early Modern Age have b...
The nobility of Cuenca adquired a great territorial patrimony and a high political position during t...
Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, first Marquis of Villamanrique, was proclaimed viceroy of Nueva España in...
The aim of this article is to examine the rise to power of the Valcarcel family. This family was mad...
Any work dealing with economic or financial aspects relative to the XVII century in Spain, particula...
In the Modern Era, marriage was a promotion mechanism used by noble families. It was a strategy aime...
We divide this article into three parts. In a brief initial section, we make a short study on the cu...
The mercedes reform carried out by Fernando and Isabel concluded the dispute between the monarchy an...
This article will present an analysis of the widely Mármol lineage during the Modern Age, with thei...
The written documents referring to the high echelons of political power in the Kingdom of Castile at...
En el proyecto político de Alfonso X tuvo especial relevancia la regulación de los oficios de la a...
Los estudios realizados sobre la apropiación de tierras comunales en Castilla han puesto gran part...
The servants of nobility of Castile were persons who were constant with the lord, and even some they...
Como ha sido puesto de manifiesto ya en reiteradas ocasiones la movilidad social fue un fenómeno car...
Social mobility was a typical phenomenon in the estates system of the Modern Age, as it has already ...
Fortunately, the topics we usually have about the Spanish Society during the Early Modern Age have b...
The nobility of Cuenca adquired a great territorial patrimony and a high political position during t...
Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, first Marquis of Villamanrique, was proclaimed viceroy of Nueva España in...
The aim of this article is to examine the rise to power of the Valcarcel family. This family was mad...
Any work dealing with economic or financial aspects relative to the XVII century in Spain, particula...
In the Modern Era, marriage was a promotion mechanism used by noble families. It was a strategy aime...
We divide this article into three parts. In a brief initial section, we make a short study on the cu...
The mercedes reform carried out by Fernando and Isabel concluded the dispute between the monarchy an...
This article will present an analysis of the widely Mármol lineage during the Modern Age, with thei...
The written documents referring to the high echelons of political power in the Kingdom of Castile at...
En el proyecto político de Alfonso X tuvo especial relevancia la regulación de los oficios de la a...
Los estudios realizados sobre la apropiación de tierras comunales en Castilla han puesto gran part...
The servants of nobility of Castile were persons who were constant with the lord, and even some they...