The governance of Atlantic ports in medieval Castile

Spanish historiography has studied widely the political strategies surrounding maritime affairs, producing numerous volumes on coastal or ports realities, both local and regional. This essay offers a comparative vision of the different modes of administration in the Castilian Atlantic’s ports. First...

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Autores: Rivera Medina, Ana María, Ruiz Pilares, Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio (DSpace). Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:e-spacio(ds_::98d09055a951c2c7508d4e075d968b88
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/32126
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:5504.03 Historia medieval
admiralty
Andalusia
Castile
maritime and mercantile jurisdictions
maritime history
Middle Ages
almirantazgo
Andalucía
Castilla
Edad Media
historia marítima
jurisdicciones marítimas y mercantiles
amirauté
Andalousie
Castille
histoire maritime
juridiction maritime et commerciale
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Sumario:Spanish historiography has studied widely the political strategies surrounding maritime affairs, producing numerous volumes on coastal or ports realities, both local and regional. This essay offers a comparative vision of the different modes of administration in the Castilian Atlantic’s ports. Firstly, to analyse the system comprising ports in the Iberian north. Secondly, to explicate the established system in the Guadalquivir’s estuary and in the Bay of Cadiz. Although both systems were constructed independently, they converged in maritime traffic while displaying two distinct models of ports administration. The main differences between both models are determined by the degree of intervention of official bodies, local oligarchies, and mercantile institutions.