Parochial organization of the royal towns in the Diocese of León: Mansilla de las Mulas, Mayorga de Campos and Rueda del Almirante
Abstract
This paper analyzes the processes of ecclesiastical organization set in motion in the royal towns of the diocese of León with the repopulation carried out by Fernando II and Alfonso IX in the last decades of the 12th century. It focuses on the cases of Mansilla de las Mulas, Mayorga de Campos and Rueda del Almirante. The constitution of these places as royal towns and the subsequent growth of the population of these centers made it necessary to adjust the parish structures to the new settlement models. The adjustment involved the construction of new churches, the negotiation over patronage rights and tithe distribution, and the delimitation of parish boundaries. These processes were driven and controlled by the Leonese episcopate; however, their dynamics and results were conditioned, to a large extent, by the relationships established with urban elites.
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