Milicia, fueros y acción del poder real sobre Aragón entre 1562 y 1642

Abstract

Between the years 1562 and 1642 the relations maintained between the Spanish crown and the kingdom of Aragon, as well as the political and jurisdictional dialectics that they created, were conditioned by the desire on behalf of the Spanish monarchy to consolidate a war appartus capable of responding to the demands derived from the political objectives that it was pursuing in the international sphere. By the time of the Cortes of Saragossa which began in 1645, the conditions of the Aragonese military subsidies had hardly changed from earlier periods, at least with regard to its structural aspects and ways of mobilization. But the crown’s ability to intervene into it, through a process of social transformation and of adaptation of the fueros (laws and privileges) of the kingdom to such effect was a reality.