Un notario apostólico al servicio de un monasterio. Suero Peláez y el monasterio de San Pelayo de Oviedo (1429-1461)

En la baja edad media, los monasterios, al igual que todas las instituciones, se vieron obligados por la legislación vigente a recurrir a notarios públicos, en algunas ocasiones nombrados por autoridades laicas y en otras de nombramiento eclesiástico. No existen estudios en los que se analice con detenimiento cual es el comportamiento de la relación entre las instituciones monásticas y el notariado. Por consiguiente, considero interesante estudiar la figura de Suero Peláez, notario apostólico que trabajó para los diversos monasterios ovetenses pero que mantuvo una relación especial con San Pelayo para quienes expidió unos 51 documentos entre 1429 y 1461, y para quienes sirvió también como procurador. Unos servicios que le hicieron ascender en la jerarquía eclesiástica, entrando en el cabildo como clérigo del coro y posteriormente fue promocionado como compañero, por lo que también trabajará en la escribanía capitular como escusador; y que le dieron el capital suficiente para tener una frenética actividad de compra-venta de rentas, alejándose progresivamente de la escrituración de los documentos que signa

Contribuição para o estudo das tipologias documentais na administração municipal portuguesa: a Câmara Municipal de Portalegre

O presente trabalho desenvolve-se em duas partes, a teórica e a prática. Resultando na introdução aos temas da diplomática contemporânea como metodologia para analisar os documentos de um arquivo concreto (a autarquia de Portalegre). Perspectivou-se a metodologia consubstanciada numa abordagem ascendente (Bottom up) sem, no entanto, esquecer o trabalho antecedente que preparou o terreno para a aplicação do método diplomático. Esse trabalho assentou numa consistente caracterização da organização em todos os seus parâmetros, orgânico, funcional, regional, legal, social, documental, que permitiu com segurança o preenchimento das fichas de recolha dos documentos escolhidos. A parte prática revela a aplicação da análise diplomática e sintetiza a sua utilidade nas conclusões e propostas de melhoria nas funções arquivísticas, de classificação e comunicação. Aflorou-se levemente a questão do manual de procedimentos, como subproduto deste tipo de análise, que pode verdadeiramente funcionar como elo de ligação entre o arquivo e a organização. ABSTRACT: This paper develops in two parts, theory and practice. Introduces the theme contemporary diplomatic as a method to analyze the documents for a specific archive (The municipality of Portalegre). Prospect of the methodology reflected in a bottom-up approach, without forgetting the previous work, which paved the way for the application of diplomatic methods. It was based on a consistent characterization of the organization in all of its parameters: organic, functional, regional, legal, social, documentary, allowing safe completion of the characterization form of the chosen documents. A practical application of diplomatic analysis reveals and summarizes the usefulness of the findings and proposals for improvement in archival functions - classification and communication. It was touched lightly the issue of the procedures manual, as a byproduct of this type of analysis, that can truly function as a link between the archive and the organization

SOLEDAD GÓMEZ NAVARRO, Mirando al cielo sin dejar el suelo: Los jerónimos cordobeses de Valparaíso en el Antiguo Régimen. Estudio preliminar y edición crítica del libro “Protocolo” de la comunidad

Review of the book: SOLEDAD GÓMEZ NAVARRO, Mirando al cielo sin dejar el suelo: Los jerónimos cordobeses de Valparaíso en el Antiguo Régimen. Estudio preliminar y edición crítica del libro “Protocolo” de la comunidad, Visión Libros-Colegio Notarial de Andalucía-Instituto Escurialense de Investigaciones Históricas y Artísticas, Colección de Historia Religiosa, Madrid, 2014, 824 pp.

Castilian and Portuguese merchants in collaboration (1580-1590). Has the Hispanic Monarchy favored Iberian commercial partnerships?

The Iberian Union allowed the existence of formal mechanisms of government authority in Portugal. In what concerns the Iberian trade dynamics, including the colonial circuits, the Habsburgs legislated according to those that would be the most politically convenient circumstances, making an impact on Iberian affairs. Over the last decade, historical literature has highlighted the transnational nature of Early Modern business partnerships. On the other hand, Iberian scholars have put forward many case studies that show formal or informal Portuguese participations in the Spanish Indies affairs. However, the inverse situation as not been considered yet. What was the role played by Castilian merchants in the Portuguese colonial trade? This paper aims to present data about the collaboration between Portuguese and Castilian merchants within the European and the overseas trade dynamics, approaching the Iberian Union as an event that favored these business partnerships. It also debates the formal or informal nature of these relationships. Were they promoted by the State’s policies or, alternatively, were they devised as a means to bypass the Crown’s monopolistic policies? For this propose, we will analyze Portuguese notarial records from the period between 1580 and 1590.

Trans-national cooperation: an asset in the Portuguese overseas trade. Foreigners operating in the Portuguese overseas trade, 1580-1590

This paper aims to discuss the role of foreign merchants, operating from Portugal, in the Portuguese overseas trade, during the first ten years of Iberian Union. The focus is not in products or routes, but in the mechanisms of association of such merchants. Iberian Union created a legal framework which prohibited the interference and trade of Portuguese agents in the Spanish Empire and vice-versa. Due to the imperialist wars of the Habsburgs, the Portuguese Empire also suffered from Dutch and English rivalry both in the Indic and in the Atlantic and also from the embargos of Dutch and English products and ships in Iberian ports. In such conjuncture, how did merchants related with each other? What was the impact of the political union of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns in trading associations? The used data sources are the notarial contracts of Lisbon for the same period. The paper highlights the role of Castilian merchants in the Portuguese trade, but it also stresses that Iberian partnerships have prevailed before 1580. The role of other merchants, such as Flemish/Dutch, Germans, Italians and French, is also considered. The paper discusses how and why did these merchants join in trans-national partnerships and what was their role in the Portuguese trade network at the time.

El relato cronístico en la reconstrucción de las relaciones lusocastellanas en el siglo XV: posibilidades, problemáticas y límites de la fuente narrativa

Para el estudio de las relaciones internacionales en la Edad Media contamos esencialmente con dos tipos de fuente: el documento de archivo y el relato cronístico. A través del ejemplo de las relaciones lusocastellanas en el siglo XV pretendemos analizar cuál es el papel exacto de las crónicas como fuente histórica en este campo, en algunos casos esencial por reconstruir hechos que carecen de un reflejo en la documentación diplomática, y en otros casos enormemente estimado por haber desaparecido o no existir, como ocurre con parte del reinado de Enrique III. Observando cómo se estructura el contenido del relato de las embajadas podemos conocer cuáles son los datos que pueden extraerse, para después ser contrastados comparándolos con las restantes crónicas de ambos reinos, con la documentación de archivo y con la reconstrucción histórica; y finalmente realizar un análisis de sus posibilidades, problemáticas y límites.