Génesis de la Fiscalidad de «Estado» en el Reino de Navarra (1150-1253)

Abstract

The «Age of Enlightenment» in the Western Middle Ages (1150-1250) also cast its glow over the Kingdom of Navarre. This paper addresses the following topics: A) The institutional framework and administrative geography of the kingdom: the former feudal districts of the holdings would soon be replaced by merindades or country subdivisions, run by merinos. The so-called tierras de Ultrapuertos, or regions beyond the mountain passes, constituted the fifth district, whose receiver was the abbot of Abaurrea. There were three subdivisions or jurisdictions: San Juan de Pie de Puerto, Mixa-Ostabares and Lasbastide de Clairence. In the Kingdom of Navarre, the term jurisdiction was used to define various types of districts: administrative capitals of the subdivisions, municipal districts and valley districts. B) The precedents: fiscal bases and the financial organisation of the restored monarchy (1134-1234). C) The first fiscal and monetary policy actions undertaken by the House of Champagne: Theobald I (1234-1253).