The journey of writing for the government of charity: nobility and hospital models in the Crown of Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/chmo.80640
Keywords: hospital reforms, written culture, Renaissance, Andalusia, Osuna, poverty, paleography, Juan Téllez Girón
Agencies: Este artículo se ha desarrollado gracias a un contrato predoctoral de Formación de Personal Investigador (FPI) (BES-2017-081778) del Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad del Gobierno de España, y está enmarcado en el proyecto de investigación Scripta manent III. De registros privados a textos públicos. Un archivo medieval en la red (PID2020-116104RB-I00), dirigido por Cristina Jular Pérez-Alfaro y financiado por el programa estatal de I D i, Convocatoria Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad, del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España, con plataforma digital en www.scriptamanent.info. A su vez, se inserta en la Red de Excelencia Cultura escrita medieval hispánica: del manuscrito al soporte digital (CEMH) (RED2018-102330-T) de la Agencia Estatal de Investigación del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación del Gobierno de España, con plataforma digital en www.libromedievalhispanico.net. Remito al lector a la base de datos de diplomas de Scripta manent donde encontrará la transcripción de buena parte de los documentos citados: www.scriptamanent.info/diplomas/. Agradezco a Cristina Jular Pérez-Alfaro y Concepción Villanueva Morte por sus aportes a este texto, así como a ambos evaluadores por sus atinadas reflexiones, críticas y propuestas.

Abstract

Juan Téllez Girón transformed the urban outline of the town of Osuna during the first half of the 16th century. He incorporated the hospital of the Encarnación into his construction and devotional programme, demonstrating a high degree of involvement in the reform of charity, which was also manifested in other towns of his lordly estate, such as Peñafiel. The most notable aspect of the foundation in Osuna was the use of different hospital models from Iberia (Burgos, Toledo, Seville and Palma del Río) and abroad (Sancti Spiritus of Rome) to formalize the legal basis of the new institution. Ordinances and privileges were sent from different cities tracing a complex network of relationships and connections that can be traced thanks to the nobiliary archive and a historical and paleographic analysis of their diplomas.

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Published
2023-06-09
How to Cite
Villagrasa-Elías, R. (2023). The journey of writing for the government of charity: nobility and hospital models in the Crown of Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries. Cuadernos de Historia Moderna, 48(1), 9-36. https://doi.org/10.5209/chmo.80640
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Vol. 48 No. 1 (2023)
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Estudios

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