¿Un marco de relaciones cooperativas? Relaciones económicas entre Burgos, Caput Castellae, y la casa de Velasco a finales de la Edad Media

Abstract

This paper analyses the participation of the house of Velasco, Counts of Haro (1430), High Constables of Castile (1473) and Dukes of Frías (1492) in the economy of the Caput Castellae at the end of the Middle Ages around two main areas. On the one hand, in relation to royal taxation. Specifically, with the perception of the privileges that the title-bearers of the lineage had located in the “alcabala” tax of Burgos, as well as with the farming of these rents. On the other, attending to the intervention of the title-bearers of the lineage in different areas of the Burgos market. First, through the supply of products to the city, in particular cereal and wine. In second place, negotiating with the city and with the crown tax exemptions for the sale of products in the city. And, finally, cooperating with Burgos merchants and businessmen in relation with the acquisition of diverse benefits in the transit of goods in the route towards Biscay and the Nervión estuary.

Keywords

• City; nobility; tax; market; Burgos; Velasco