Keepers of the City: The Corregidores of Isabella I of Castile (1474-1504)

by Marvin Lunenfeld

Book Overview

The corregidores were Castilian royal officials who functioned as mayors and superior judges in the provinces, cities, towns, and villages they were sent to oversee. At the head of urban militias they took part in the War of Succession and the Granada War. The corregidores thus had significant dealings with the peasantry, urban masses, the merchants, the nobles, the aristocracy, the officials of the Inquisition. Through its study of their many varied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521123356
• ISBN13: 9780521123358
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"