El dominio solariego y territorial en el marco de los señoríos nobiliarios leoneses

Abstract

This paper tries to analize the situation created in the framework of various territories by the several decrees that, coming from the "Cortes" (Parliament) of Cadiz in 1811, meant the end for the regime similar to he English manorial one, though, as it is shown in the present case, the issue was not definitely settled since, due to their complexity, other domains like the "solariego" and territorial ones were maintained indipendently from the jurisdictional regime, which was abolished. Starting form that situation, we analize the "dominio señorial" that the House of Miranda held in the south of the province of León and in the district around La bañeza and, in a special way, the lawsuit which that House brought against the State along the first part of the 19th century over the acknowledgement of their "solariego" and territorial domains. The documentation afforded by the plaintiffs alowed us to learn from the inside the dimension and the social and economic establisment of that estate throughout the Modern Age, as well as the end of its vassalage realationships during those key years of the early 19th century.