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Castilian Cortes

Type Object Region Castile Time c. 1300–1500

Medieval-early modern representative assembly of the Kingdom of Castile, composed of nobles, clergy, and urban representatives, deliberating on taxat…

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  1. c. 1410–1415Burgos · BurgosThe Cortes was convened by the three estates of clergy, nobility, and towns; the king had to seek the representatives' consent for new taxes, war expenditures, and succession issues, forming a mechanism of consultation between royal power and local elites.
  2. c. 1415–1420Toledo · ToledoAround the accession of Juan II, the Cortes repeatedly deliberated on the war with Portugal and the royal fiscal crisis; noble and urban representatives checked the expansion of royal power through grants and reform proposals.

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