出版社:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
摘要:In the fifteenth century peace, public order and justice depended in Castile on the kings, but these were forced to operate in a consensual manner, seeking the maximum possible support. In this search the cities will erect as the pillars on which to build the frame of a Crown energetic and authoritarian. Local elites, who had in their hands the governments of the cities, eventually became a factor basic in the stability or instability of the kingdom. One of the Castilian cities in which the influence of elites was more visible was Toledo, whose insurgent activity in the fifteenth century could be compared to other famous by factional attitude european cities, such as Ghent and Florence. The social elite of Toledo projections during the reigns of John II, Henry IV and Elisabeth I come from a model in two ways: in their ability to shock people, causing riots and deaths, but also relating to pacification measures in times of calm, in order to promote their own domain, submission of the city to the kings and prosperity of the region.