This is a case study of the movement of noble élites in the Iberian kingdoms during the late Middle Ages. By the end of the fourteenth century, many Portuguese nobles sought exile in the kingdom of Castile where they achieved successful careers and advanced socially and politically. The aim of this article is to examine a case study of this process, focussing on a middle rank noble family, that of the Fonsecas, that took residence in the city of Toro, after the exile in Castile of Queen Beatriz. One curious aspect of this family is that many of its members were successful ecclesiastics, that occupied numerous episcopal sees in the kingdom of Castile, and were also influential in the papal court. This case study will centre on one of the les...
The aim of this article is to examine the rise to power of the Valcarcel family. This family was mad...
textThis dissertation examines the Carvajal family’s century-long transformation from less prestigio...
Nobility in Almansa�s Cartas: Noble Kinship and Power Strategies Much of the news contained in the s...
Contribución al estudio de la circulación de las élites nobles en los reinos hispanos en el período ...
The main goal of this article is to unveil some dimensions of the life of Afonso (c.1480-1504), Cons...
In this article we study how a lot of clergymen members of the castillan nobility joined, between 13...
This article studies the role of the nobility in the XV century military expansion of the Crown of A...
This article will present an analysis of the widely Mármol lineage during the Modern Age, with thei...
The aim of this article is to sketch the political career of the Marquises of Castelo Rodrigo at the...
This article focuses on a group of conversos families from Spain, who established themselves in Pale...
For high aristocracy of Castile, the lordships, titles of nobility and many incomes were granted by ...
A contribution to the study of the role that members of the Castilian high nobility played in politi...
From the beginning of the 14th century, the Cortes (that is, the Parliament) of the Crown of Aragon ...
In the Spanish city of Granada, beginning with its conquest by Ferdinand and Isabella in1492, Christ...
Durante os reinados de Fernando II e Afonso IX, o reino de Leão transformou-se num lar para vários a...
The aim of this article is to examine the rise to power of the Valcarcel family. This family was mad...
textThis dissertation examines the Carvajal family’s century-long transformation from less prestigio...
Nobility in Almansa�s Cartas: Noble Kinship and Power Strategies Much of the news contained in the s...
Contribución al estudio de la circulación de las élites nobles en los reinos hispanos en el período ...
The main goal of this article is to unveil some dimensions of the life of Afonso (c.1480-1504), Cons...
In this article we study how a lot of clergymen members of the castillan nobility joined, between 13...
This article studies the role of the nobility in the XV century military expansion of the Crown of A...
This article will present an analysis of the widely Mármol lineage during the Modern Age, with thei...
The aim of this article is to sketch the political career of the Marquises of Castelo Rodrigo at the...
This article focuses on a group of conversos families from Spain, who established themselves in Pale...
For high aristocracy of Castile, the lordships, titles of nobility and many incomes were granted by ...
A contribution to the study of the role that members of the Castilian high nobility played in politi...
From the beginning of the 14th century, the Cortes (that is, the Parliament) of the Crown of Aragon ...
In the Spanish city of Granada, beginning with its conquest by Ferdinand and Isabella in1492, Christ...
Durante os reinados de Fernando II e Afonso IX, o reino de Leão transformou-se num lar para vários a...
The aim of this article is to examine the rise to power of the Valcarcel family. This family was mad...
textThis dissertation examines the Carvajal family’s century-long transformation from less prestigio...
Nobility in Almansa�s Cartas: Noble Kinship and Power Strategies Much of the news contained in the s...