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A Final Assessment



[193] The western parliamentary tradition, as this study of the cortes of Castile-León illustrates, is a rich and varied one. Students of comparative constitutional...

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The Cortes, Society, and the Economy



[172]As with government and administration, the cortes mirrored changes wrought in the social and economic structure of Castile and León. With the...

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The Cortes and the

Government of the Realm


[152] Documentation pertaining to the cortes touches on a myriad of issues reflecting contemporary concerns and attitudes. This chapter will...

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The Cortes and Taxation


[130] Historians agree that the voting of taxes was one of the principal functions of the cortes. As royal responsibilities became more complex and more ambitious,...

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The Cortes and the
Making of Laws


[112] Discussion of the legislative role of the cortes has evoked a considerable diversity of opinion. Martínez Marina, stressing the separation of...

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The Cortes and Foreign Affairs



[95] Historians have rendered varying judgments on the importance of the cortes in foreign affairs. Martínez Marina, after commenting on the disasters...

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The Cortes and the Kingly Office


The Legal Foundations
[78] Juan Manuel remarked that kings often displayed their magnificence by assembling the cortes, and the Partidas (II.5.5) noted...

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The Cortes in Session


The Convocation of the Cortes
[60] No day-by-day account of the proceedings in the cortes has come down to us, but reports in the chronicles and information drawn...

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The King and the Estates
of the Realm



The Estates of the Realm
[41] The cortes of medieval Castile-León ordinarily consisted of prelates, nobles, and representatives of the towns,...

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A Century of Maturity, 1252--1350


[20]The vicissitudes of the century following the death of Fernando III prompted his successors to convene the cortes frequently, thereby further shaping...

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The Origins of the Cortes,
1188--1252



[9] The distinctive development of medieval Spain, much of which was occupied for centuries by the Muslims, not only sets it apart from the states...

The Cortes of Castile-León
1188-1350
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Joseph F. O'Callaghan


Preface


[ix] My interest in the cortes was first awakened while I was...