Prosopografía y poder local en el Reino de Granada. Una propuesta a partir de los protocolos notariales castellanos (c. 1490-1520)

Abstract

Local power in the Nasrid Emirate of Granada is a particularly complicated issue to study. It is essential to know the families that held it to reconstruct the social network that was the backbone of rural power, and to understand as well the role they played as intermediaries between rural society and the central state power. To do so I have turned to a source and a methodology hitherto unused: notarial deeds from Guadix (1490-1515), Granada (1505-1515), Baza (1510- 1519) and Almería (1519-1520), and prosopography. The documentation confirms in some cases the continuity of families before and after the Castilian conquest (1492) and the marriage between political and economic power.