IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1717: Serving the King: Royal Officers in Small Portuguese Frontier Towns, 15th-16th Centuries - Networks, Mobilities, and Circulation
Thursday 6 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Project 'FRONTOWNS: Think Big on Small Frontier Towns: Alto Alentejo & Alta Extremadura Leonesa (13th-16th Centuries)' / Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
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| Organiser: | Gonçalo Melo Silva, Instituto de Estudos Medievais Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Moderator/Chair: | Gonçalo Melo Silva, Instituto de Estudos Medievais Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Paper 1717-a | The Circulation of Public Notaries in the Alto Alentejo Region, 1438-1521 (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Law, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Paper 1717-b | The King's Clerks in Alto Alentejo Small Frontier Towns in the 15th Century: Functions, Recruitment, and Mobility (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Law, Political Thought, Social History |
| Paper 1717-c | Judges, Justices, and Jurisdictions in Alto Alentejo Small Frontier Towns, 15th-16th Centuries: Functions, Social Profile, and Geographical Mobility (Language: English) Index terms: Genealogy and Prosopography, Law, Politics and Diplomacy, Social History |
| Abstract | In recent decades, Portuguese medieval historiography has highlighted the interest studying royal officialdom. However, there is a lack of research carried out on peripheral crown agents, in part, due to the smaller number of existing sources. Aware of these difficulties, we will analyse the subject in the border towns of Alto Alentejo, one of the two most important regions located on the frontier between Portugal and Castile in the medieval period. This session intends to contribute to better understanding the network of royal officials, their functions, geographical recruitment, and mobility by presenting studies on judges, clerks, and notaries appointed by the king. |