Judeoconversos y mayorazgos: La fundación de vínculos por conversos en la Castilla de los siglos XV al XVII

Enrique Soria Mesa

doi:10.70794/hs.113457

Authors

Enrique Soria Mesa Universidad de Córdoba https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4030-6170

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70794/hs.113457

Keywords:

Entailed Estates, Jewish converts, elites, Castile

Abstract

The Castilian entailed estate has been little studied from a social perspective, and the almost total ignorance of such a relevant issue as the Jewish-converse presence is remarkable. The system of property entailment not only had an important number of founders of Jewish origin, but this economic practice was essential in the processes of social ascent and definitive assimilation of the marginalised group. This work aims to provide a first approach to the subject from a global perspective and through the study of numerous and varied archival records.

Author Biography

Enrique Soria Mesa, Universidad de Córdoba

Professor of Modern History at the University of Córdoba, he has directed twenty doctoral theses and has been responsible for eight national research projects. A specialist in nobility, elites, Jewish converts, Moors and genealogy, he is the author of more than 170 publications, including numerous books as sole author and coordinator. Among them, the most recent are: La realidad tras el espejo. Ascenso social y limpieza de sangre en la España de Felipe II (2016), La ciudad y sus legados históricos (4) Córdoba judía, Córdoba, 2019, and En los orígenes de la Universidad de Córdoba. El Colegio de la Asunción, Córdoba, 2022.