Publication: La Cámara de Castilla y la magistratura borbónica castellana (1700-1834)
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2022-09-14
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Tras una exhaustiva búsqueda documental en numerosos archivos, aunque centrada en la amplio fondo documental conservado en el Archivo Histórico Nacional de la documentación generada por la Cámara de Castilla a través de sus secretarías de Gracia y Estado, y de Justicia y, desde 1717, de la unificada Secretaria de Gracia, Justicia y Estado de Castilla, el estudio profundiza en la participación de la propia Cámara en la designación de la alta magistratura en el ámbito del sistema polisinodial y de los tribunales territoriales pertenecientes a la Corona de Castilla en el ámbito peninsular y las Islas Canarias, en un momento en el que, según la tradición historiográfica, las competencias de los diferentes consejos de la Monarquía Hispánica estaban siendo arrebatadas por las recién ampliadas secretarias del despacho. Partiendo del incuestionable hecho de que las decisiones últimas al respecto de los designaciones de los magistrados corrían a cargo del monarca y que éste no justificaba los motivos de tales decisiones, el incremento de competencias e importancia de las secretarías del despacho a lo largo del siglo XVIII, también indudable, ha traído como consecuencia la conclusión, aceptada como válida, de una paulatina pérdida de importancia de los respectivos consejos, salvo en el caso del Consejo de Castilla, frente a las pujantes secretarias del despacho. En lo referente a la Cámara de Castilla, la escasez de estudios dedicados a la institución la ha dejado, en la práctica, en el limbo de lo desconocido. Los estudios dedicados a la magistratura borbónica se limitan a describir el procedimiento administrativo en el que intervenía la Cámara pero se decantan, sin plantear ninguna posible alternativa, a conceder a la Secretaría del despacho de Gracia y Justicia el papel más importante en la capacidad de influencia sobre el monarca para realizar los nombramientos...
Drawing on exhaustive documentary research in many archives, though largely focused on the extensive holdings of documents conserved in the Archivo Histórico Nacional generated by the secretariats of Gracia y Estado and of Justicia of the Cámara de Castilla and, since 1717, by the unified secretariat of Gracia, Justicia y Estado de Castilla, this study analyses the participation of the Cámara in the appointment of high-ranking members of the judiciary in the polysynodial system and in the regional tribunals of the Crown of Castile in Spain and the Canary Islands, at a time when, according to historiographic tradition, the competencies of the different councils of the Spanish Monarchy were being seized by the recently expanded secretariats del despacho.While it is an undeniable fact that the final decisions on the appointment of magistrates were taken by the king and that he did not have to justify the motives for his decisions, the increase in competencies and in importance of the secretaries del despacho during the eighteenth century, also undeniable, has led to the conclusion, accepted as valid, of a slow loss of importance of the respective councils, except in the case of the Consejo de Castilla, before the thriving secretaries del despacho. With regard to the Cámara de Castilla, the lack of studies dedicated to this institution has left it, to all intents and purposes, in a limbo of the unknown. Studies dedicated to the Bourbon judiciary have limited themselves to describing the administrative procedures in which the Cámara was involved and, without considering any possible alternatives, have tended to give the secretariat of Gracia y Justicia the most important role in terms of influence over the monarch at the time of making appointments...
Drawing on exhaustive documentary research in many archives, though largely focused on the extensive holdings of documents conserved in the Archivo Histórico Nacional generated by the secretariats of Gracia y Estado and of Justicia of the Cámara de Castilla and, since 1717, by the unified secretariat of Gracia, Justicia y Estado de Castilla, this study analyses the participation of the Cámara in the appointment of high-ranking members of the judiciary in the polysynodial system and in the regional tribunals of the Crown of Castile in Spain and the Canary Islands, at a time when, according to historiographic tradition, the competencies of the different councils of the Spanish Monarchy were being seized by the recently expanded secretariats del despacho.While it is an undeniable fact that the final decisions on the appointment of magistrates were taken by the king and that he did not have to justify the motives for his decisions, the increase in competencies and in importance of the secretaries del despacho during the eighteenth century, also undeniable, has led to the conclusion, accepted as valid, of a slow loss of importance of the respective councils, except in the case of the Consejo de Castilla, before the thriving secretaries del despacho. With regard to the Cámara de Castilla, the lack of studies dedicated to this institution has left it, to all intents and purposes, in a limbo of the unknown. Studies dedicated to the Bourbon judiciary have limited themselves to describing the administrative procedures in which the Cámara was involved and, without considering any possible alternatives, have tended to give the secretariat of Gracia y Justicia the most important role in terms of influence over the monarch at the time of making appointments...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, leída el 23-05-2022