Abstract
The nobility of Cuenca adquired a great territorial patrimony and a high political position during the Late Middle Ages. The complex relationship sustained by the Monarchy allowed them to project a socio-economic ascent —Town charges, courtly offices, seigneurial donations— in a time of social and political turbulence over the peninsular kingdoms. The noble lineages of Cuenca had a singular characteristic: a high number of their members developed a royal office in the court or in administrative and territorial functions. These offices used to be appropriated by a lineage for several generations and provided social as well as economic benefits.
Highlights
The nobility of Cuenca adquired a great territorial patrimony and a high political position during the Late Middle Ages
The complex relationship sustained by the Monarchy allowed them to project a socio-economic ascent —Town charges, courtly offices, seigneurial donations— in a time of social and political turbulence over the peninsular kingdoms
The noble lineages of Cuenca had a singular characteristic: a high number of their members developed a royal office in the court or in administrative and territorial functions
Summary
La participación de la nobleza castellana en el desempeño de distintos cargos y oficios del gobierno regio responde, primordialmente, a un deseo de legitimar y consolidar el poder político y los privilegios adquiridos a partir de la instauración de la dinastía Trastámara. La patrimonialización de los oficios reales por parte de la nobleza fue una nota dominante del panorama político en la Castilla del siglo XV, acentuada por la consolidación del mayorazgo como sistema de transmisión patrimonial nobiliario. Aun considerando que la nobleza conquense tuvo un protagonismo secundario en el devenir de los principales acontecimientos políticos del reino castellano, conviene apuntar en ella una serie de rasgos comunes: acumulación de un patrimonio señorial en la comarca, diversidad en las fuentes de ingresos económicos, estrategias matrimoniales afines y aspiraciones políticas en los marcos urbano y cortesano. TOMÁS Y VALIENTE, Origen bajomedieval de la patrimonialización y enajenación de los oficios públicos en Castilla, en “Actas del I Simposium de la Historia de la Administración”, Madrid, 1970, pp. Fundamentos en la Castilla medieval, Madrid, Sílex, 2006, pp. 265-307 y El arraigo de los linajes portugueses en la Castilla bajomedieval: el caso de los Acuña en el obispado de Cuenca, “Medievalismo”, 16 (2006), pp
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