Abstract
From the end of 16th Century, Madrid, as the home of the court and the main recipient of the landed revenues of the monarchy, aristocracy and Church , rapidly increased in size and attracted huge migration, thereby becoming a significant consumption market and financial center. Those who migrated set up complex social networks as well as hospitals and brotherhoods for mutual help. One of those, the Congregacion de San Fermin de los Navarros, linked those coming from Navarre, who held important positions in commerce, banking and royal bureaucracy through strong kinship and patronage networks. The building of a new church for the fraternity shows up the strong economic position of its members. Several internal debates point out how consistent the reciprocal relationship was between these brotherhoods and the close but separate neighborhoods fo the Navarrese and Basque communities in Madrid.
Highlights
ACSFN = Archivo de la Real Congregación de San Fermín de los Navarros, Madrid
Consumption market and financial center. Those who migrated set up complex social networks as well as hospitals and brotherhoods for mutual help
The Congregacion de San Fermin de los Navarros, linked those coming from Navarre, who held important positions in commerce, banking and royal bureaucracy through strong kinship and patronage networks
Summary
RESUMEN: El crecimiento demográfico de Madrid desde fines del siglo XVI y su condición de sede de la corte y centro de recepción de las rentas de la aristocracia terrateniente, la Iglesia y el rey, generó importantes corrientes migratorias desde Castilla y el Norte peninsular y convirtió a la villa en un gran crisol social y el mayor centro político y financiero de la monarquía. La Congregación de San Fermín de los Navarros agrupó a los nacionales de dicho reino, que a pesar de no poseer la naturalidad castellana ocuparon puestos decisivos en la administración y las finanzas de la monarquía. Su vida institucional permite conocer los frecuentes contactos de unas congregaciones con otras, y los lazos de vecindad geográfica, lengua y éxito social compartido que unieron a las redes de vascos y navarros, siempre cercanas pero distintas.
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