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De los fueros locales al fuero de Valencia en el marco del proceso de instauración de la sociedad feudal del siglo XIII en el reino de Valencia

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This paper analyzes the process of changing local laws (fueros) to a territorial law (fuero) in the context of the new kingdom of Valencia created in 1240 by King James I. Following the tradition of Catalonia and Aragon, also in Valencia the crown and nobility initially organized the repopulation based on different local fueros: Sepúlveda, Zaragoza, Daroca, Teruel, Fontana, costum de Lleida or costum/fuero of Valencia. But from 1245, the monarchy drove the territorial law (fuero) of Valencia, which has traditionally been interpreted as a political reason for confrontation between Catalan and Aragonese populators. Our study explains how the Fuero of Zaragoza/Aragon was limited during the 13th Century to a few seigneuries, and how widespread the Fuero of Valencia. Thus, the conflict between the nobility of Aragonese origin to the public power (monarchy and citizens) began when the first courts of 1261 approved extending the Fuero of Valencia as a territorial law for the new kingdom.