Poder y conflicto en un señorío atlántico castellano. El pleito del condado de El Puerto de Santa María en los inicios de la Edad Moderna

Abstract

In this work we pretend to analyze the causes and the development of the conflict initiated in the 16th century between the Duke of Medinaceli and the neighbors of his town of El Puerto de Santa Maria, an important commercial place of Atlantic Andalusia, that will end in 1628 by the signing of a concord. For this, we analyze at first the processes that led to the formation of the nobility taxes, and after we study the different elements that constituted the cause of conflict: the control of council power, the possession of the land and the imposition of duties and taxes, analyzing the arguments used by the lord and the neighbors to defend their position.

Keywords

• Duke of Medinaceli; council; alcabalas; almojarifazgos; taxes; trade; tax collector; conflict