MEDIEVAL INSTITUTIONS IN SPAIN

                                               


 MEDIEVAL INSTITUTIONS IN SPAIN.


The political structure of the kingdoms was based on three institutions : the monarchy, the Cortes and the municipal council.
The Cortes were created when the monarchs allowed municipal representatives into the extraordinary Curia, an assembly of nobles and clergy. The Cortes advised the king and sometimes approved laws, but it could not legislate.

IN CASTILE:

The castilian kings established a Unitarian Monarchy and were really powerfull due to: they led the ``Reconquista´´and the kings were the owners of the re-conquered lands.
The first Cortes on the Peninsula were created in the kingdom of Leon in 1188.


IN NAVARRE:

 The Cortes were created in 1231 and were very important. They watched over the privileges of the three estates represented in it ( nobility, church, cities).


IN CROWN OF ARAGON:

Catalonia had its first Cortes in 1213.
Valencia in 1261.
Aragon in 1274.