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The Basque medieval city : the laws of Estella and San Sebastian in the twelfth century / edited by Xabier Irujo, Amaia Álvarez Berastegi ; translated by Cameron J. Watson.
LIBRA KKT5674.94 .F84 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Fueros de Estella y San Sebastián (Conference) (2018 : San Sebastián, Spain)
- Series:
- Current research series ; no. 13.
- Center for Basque Studies conference papers series
- Current research series ; no. 13
- Conference paper series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Municipal corporations--Spain--País Vasco--History--To 1500--Congresses.
- Municipal corporations.
- Town laws, Medieval--Spain--País Vasco--Congresses.
- Town laws, Medieval.
- San Sebastián (Spain) Fuero de San Sebastián--Congresses.
- San Sebastián (Spain).
- Town laws, Medieval--Spain--Estella--Congresses.
- Town laws, Medieval--Spain--San Sebastián--Congresses.
- Law--Spain--Estella--Sources--Congresses.
- Law.
- Law--Spain--San Sebastián--Sources--Congresses.
- History.
- Estella (Spain)--History--Congresses.
- Estella (Spain).
- San Sebastián (Spain)--History--Congresses.
- Spain--San Sebastián.
- Spain--Estella.
- Spain--País Vasco.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- History.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 397 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nevada : Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, 2019.
- Summary:
- "An analysis of medieval law in the Basque Country"-- Provided by publisher.
- "In order to understand the present, we must first look to the past. The law formed in the medieval territories of Vasconia (the Basque Country) advanced the political concepts that are active in the Basque Country today; such as the fuero, understood as a pact between those in power and the people, and the acquisition of rights through the concept of vecindad, or residence. The Basque Medieval City: The Laws of Estella and San Sebastian in the Twelfth Century looks to the eleventh-century laws of Vasconia, specifically the Code of Laws of Estella, one of the oldest known legal documents and a critical reference for a group of municipal charters during the medieval era, among them that of San Sebastian. This is relevant, as the Code of Laws of Estella reflects a distinctly democratic political system, recognizing not only women's rights, but also the rights of children and religious minorities. By examining the juridical, political, and social aspects of the fueros of Estella and San Sebastian, the contributors to this book paint a picture of an era that establishes a fuller understanding of the origins of the Basque political system." -- Publisher website.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Amaia Álvarez Berastegi
- Prologue : Notes on the Dating and Nature of the Fuero of Estella / Xabier Irujo
- An Obscure Past : Gipuzkoa and Navarre from the Tenth to the Twelfth Centuries / José Ángel Lema Pueyo
- Organization of the Estella Territory and the Creation of Estella / Javier Ilundain Chamarro
- The Organization of the Territory of San Sebastian and its Surroundings during the Early Middle Ages : A Panoramic View of its Evolution / Iosu Etxezarraga Ortuondo
- Another History of the Fuero of Jaca : A New Reading and Re-interpretative Essay / Ana Ma Barrero García
- Law in the Fueros of Estella and San Sebastian / Roldán Jimeno Aranguren
- Social Minorities in the Fuero of Estella / Xabier Irujo
- The Jewish Minority in the Fuero of Estella / Amaia Álvarez Berastegi
- The Family of the Fueros of Estella and San Sebastian from 1200 on / Nere Jone Intxaustegi Jauregi
- Notes on the Fuero of San Sebastian : Its Expansion, Validity, and Modernity, and an Analysis of its Texts / Ma Rosa Ayerbe Iribar
- The Development of Maritime Law Following the Fuero of San Sebastian / Margarita Serna Vallejo
- List of contributors.
- Notes:
- "This collective work includes presentations given at the conference Los Fueros de Estella y San Sebastián (The Fueros of Estella and San Sebastian), held on July 2 and 3, 2018, in the plenary hall of Donostia-San Sebastian City Hall, and organized by the Iura Vasconiae Foundation, the Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, and the Donostia-San Sebastian City Council."--Page 14.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781949805116
- 1949805115
- OCLC:
- 1107804843
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