Policies of patrimonial accumulation and construction of power in the fifteenth century: the lineage of Maria de Avila

Abstract

This paper concentrated primarily on the documentation provided in the lineage of Avila Davila is to recognize the different strategies of wealth accumulation and its relationship with the various political, by monitoring the performance of Maria de Avila, both as a member of their lineage of origin and in conjunction with the subsequent actions that they take their husbands. Enlargement documentary heritage which is apparent from the last decades of the XVth century and its strong ties to the catholic monarchy to understand the dynamics of urban oligarchies and the continuing process of promotion and advancement of the most exalted of them, to reach positions within a middle-ranking nobility in the area, with projections of other nearby villages. The work of the documents that show the many operations, including various forms of transfer, disposal and possible land purchase warn practices, multiple and complex, developing lineages of the city of Avila to strengthen its patrimonial power, political and social prestige.