Public notaries and conflicting jurisdictions in Asturias (1260-1350)

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  • Elena Albarrán-Fernández Universidad de Oviedo

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The 13th and 14th centuries were a time of intense political and administrative development promoted by the Castilian monarchs. Focusing on the reign of Alfonso X, the region of Asturias experienced two particular royal prerogatives: the creation of new towns and notaries public; both in a context of urban renaissance and the spread of the Ars notariae from northern Italy. As the Castilian monarchy sought to shield its rights and prerogatives in a new legislative code, the Church and the Asturian nobility understood the importance of notaries public as an instrument of management, administration and government, creating deep jurisdictional tensions. In this context, notaries public became an indispensable instrument because of its status as the recipient of the public faith, a key element in the development of economic life, a link between the elites and the common people, as well as a witness to the memory of society.

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2020-12-01

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Albarrán-Fernández, E. (2020) “Public notaries and conflicting jurisdictions in Asturias (1260-1350)”, Historia. Instituciones. Documentos, (47). Available at: https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/HID/article/view/14234 (Accessed: 17July2024).

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No. 47 (2020)

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