Repoblación y defensa en el Reino de Granada: campesinos-soldados y soldados-campesinos

Abstract

Si la guerra de Granada, con sus fases y diversas capitulaciones, es el pilar determinante de la configuración característica del antiguo regino nasri durante la primera mitad del siglo XVI, la defensa, con sus prioridades estratégicas, fases y circunstancias, es uno de los parámetros esenciales que definirán el Reino de Granada como un área de frontera con África durante la segunda mitad del siglo XVI. La defensa frente al inquietante Mar de Alborán condicionará el hábitat y repoblamiento del Reino y sentará las bases de una dinámica social y económica que harán del granadino del siglo XVI un hombre de frontera.

If the war of Granada with its different stages and peace agreements stands as the main starting point for the future developement of the ancient nasri kingdom during the first half of the XVIth century; we should also consider the fact that its strategical needs were associated with its definition as a border land between the iberian peninsula and the north of Africa during the second half of the XVIth century. Defense priorities against a hypothetical threat coming from the Alboran sea are going to mark the resettlement and living conditions inside the kingdom and also the basis for a new social and economic developement which will make the new inhabitants of the Granada area, basically a race of men and women closely linked to the borders of their kingdom.