Términos despoblados en la tierra de Cuenca: un problema de organización del territorio y articulación social en el siglo XV

Abstract

Aware of the enormous complexity that the depopulated boundaries in the Late Middle Ages show, a case of study is offered in the present article –the land of Cuenca–, in order to analyze the phenomenon conjugating all sorts of geographical, economical and mainly social aspects. The last aim does not confine to the organization of the territory but it goes further away, trying to go more deeply into the different interests and social groups that acted in the rural areas dependent on the kingly cities.

Keywords

• Villages
• Peasantry
• peasantry
• council
• depopulated boundaries
• city elite
• agricultural properties
• rural society
• Cuenca
• 15th century