Relations city - village in Trasmiera and Eastern zone of Cantabria: lineages, kinfolk and clienteles under the dominion of the Constables (XIV-XVI centuries)

Abstract

This article analyzes the dynamic that acquired the relationships of aristocratic power in the lordship of the House of Velasco, hereditary Constables of the kingdom of Castile, based on the form taken by the intricate network of agents and service administrators manor located on level of the villages and towns that are part of the eastern Cantabria between the XIV and XVI, establishing for it the diverse mechanisms of solidarity, dependence and submission using for the Lord to exercise jurisdiction and control power through this set of plural communities and men. We intend to study the process of building the manor to a dynamic image that will provide depth and dimension and at the same time to understand the constitution of political domination, not only as an imposition from the top down, but also as a rearticulation and continuous negotiations involving both the Lord family and customers and the communities that are nested within their power