Marco jurídico y proyección social de las minorías navarras: judíos y mudéjares (siglos XII-XV)

Abstract

This work covers the peculiar institutional configuration with the French dynasties quickly limited the autonomy of Jews and Moorish people, especially in judicial terms. Protected by the Crown, minorities had their laws and their own judges for internal matters of a religious and merely civil character. Criminal Justice corresponded to the King, together with the execution of sentences and the income from fines, which were in the hands of specific officials. The prevailing tradition in the statutes (fueros) that regulated the relations of the Francs with the Jews, especially including the more conflictive aspects of a contractual or penal character, was partially included in the General Fuero. Arabs had their own statute similar to that of the Jews, although their economic power and social projection were not as strong. The legislation also had influences from Aragon, both for free and captive subjects.