La transmisión de la propiedad en Gipuzkoa en la Edad Moderna y su influencia en la conflictividad familiar

Abstract

The absence of Civil Law provisions in the Gipuzkoa charters created serious difficulties for the preservation of the single heir system, an essential condition for the continuity of ownership and the prosperity of the province. The people of Gipuzkoa therefore used the possibilities offered by the Common or Castilian Law to perpetuate the practice of indivisible ownership of property. However, despite the importance of the ideology of the home and the profound respect and observance shown by sons and daughters for paternal designs, there were serious hereditary disputes within families, as amply demonstrated in documentation that has yet to be studied.