EN TORNO A LA CULTURA POLÍTICA DE LA ALTA MAGISTRATURA

2008

International audience; One of the most striking facts in the political history of the monarchy in early modern Spain is the growth of a significant state bureaucracy. At the same time, there occurred an intensive reflection on justice, law and government which led to the publication of numerous political and legal treatises. If we know, at least theoretically, how the main institutions of the government worked, we are still ignorant about much concerning the social and cultural profile of the royal officials of the monarchy. Firstly, the goal of this contribution is to offer an analysis on a particular kind of bureaucrats, namely the lawyers, by placing them in their political and institut…