“Sin parcialidad ni dádiva ni concierto”. Municipal institutions and urban government at the end of Middle Ages in Asturias
Abstract
At the end of the Middle Ages, significant changes took place in Asturias in the system of government of new towns and villages. The so-called “open council regime” gave way to a system that tended towards oligarchisation of public offices, now controlled by urban elites who, “with the air of nobility” held the main positions of government and representation, combining this political power with their role, also a leading one, in the control of taxation and the urban economy. In this study we analyse the case of Oviedo, a city of lordship shared with the Church; Avilés, a town of ancient foundation and that of some new “minor” towns that dotted the urban space of Asturias at the end of the Middle Ages.
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