La conflictividad judicializada por los mayorazgos en la Edad Moderna: Discursos normativos y prácticas sociales

Isabel María Melero Muñoz

doi:10.70794/hs.113456

Authors

Isabel María Melero Muñoz Universidad de Sevilla https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2679-8551

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70794/hs.113456

Keywords:

Entailed estates, conflict, jurisprudence, controversial practices, social and family histories

Abstract

Socio-economic power and the very mechanisms of operation of the entailed estate generated great socio-family conflict that was channeled through official channels. This paper addresses this judicialized litigation, focusing the analysis on the tension that arose between legislative theory and conflicting practices, which overflowed the legal framework and caused the necessary adaptation of jurisprudence. In short, it deals with the confrontation between normative discourse and the social realities that show the complexities of a litigious society around legal disputes over entailed estates.

Author Biography

Isabel María Melero Muñoz, Universidad de Sevilla

In 2021 she obtained a double doctorate in Modern History from the University of Seville and Sorbonne Université. She has focused her research on social issues, approaching the history of women and the discourses surrounding the conflict within the institution of entailment. She has published two monographs on this subject, as well as scientific articles and book chapters. In addition, she has participated in national and international R+D+i excellence projects and has carried out international research stays. She currently works as a professor in the Department of Modern History at the University of Seville.