Territoriality in Dispute: The Construction of Political Spaces in a Marginal Area of the Spanish Empire at the end of the Colonial Period

In order to “stabilize” the borders, the bourbon reformism introduced protection and settlement actions. In the southern area of the Intendencia de Córdoba, major and intermediate forts were founded along the course of the Cuarto river. These forts gave rise to towns that acquired the hierarchy of a...

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Autor principal: Cantera, Carmen Susana
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Grupo Prohistoria 2020
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Sumario:In order to “stabilize” the borders, the bourbon reformism introduced protection and settlement actions. In the southern area of the Intendencia de Córdoba, major and intermediate forts were founded along the course of the Cuarto river. These forts gave rise to towns that acquired the hierarchy of a royal village and were provided with city councils (Cabildos). Hence, this work analyzes how traditional strategies of power exercise operated in local communities which, represented corporately in the Cabildos, defended and sustained their prerogatives against the impositions of higher authorities.