“With an Open Sore to Irrigate the whole Land”: Financing, Credit and Indebtedness of the House of Medina Sidonia (1536-1648)

This article analyzes the indebtedness process suffered by the Lordly House of Medina Sidonia. We will pay special attention to the mechanisms that produced such a result, some of them protected by positive law –censos with royal license– and some not. According to this case study, not all the forms...

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Main Author: Luis Salas Almela
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2017-12-01
Series:Cuadernos de Historia Moderna
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CHMO/article/view/58075