Socio-political ideas and status group values of the Pecheros of Avila and Salamanca (13th to 15th centuries)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/hispania.2011.v71.i238.345Keywords:
Salamanca, Alba de Tormes, Ávila, Ciudad Rodrigo, Pecheros, Boroughs, Status group values, Political culture, Late Middle AgesAbstract
This paper sustains that the pecheros (serfs) living in the boroughs south of the Duero River generated a discourse and certain specific values contrary to those of the urban gentry. In particular, the boroughs of Salamanca, Alba de Tormes, Avila and Ciudad Rodrigo are studied. For this discourse to be able to take shape, the necessary conditions were the early and acute social stratification, an extensive area of rural commoners and the strong leadership of the pecheros’ representatives. They were able to speak for broad strata of the organized population and to devise coherent ideas and programs. The main points of their ideas are analyzed here in relation to urban society, the rural milieu, justice and the use of violence.
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