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- Title
La venalidad de los títulos nobiliarios: el marquesado de Tojo, gobernación del Tucumán, s. XVIII.
- Authors
VILLENA RÍOS, Héctor Dante
- Abstract
During the 18th century, innumerable titles of nobility were offered for sale in Castile and the Indies. The lack of liquidity in the royal coffers led many wealthy Creoles to buy titles and positions, and those who acquired them were encomenderos, merchants and those involved in mining. Juan José Fernández Campero, who acquired the title of Marquis of Tojo in 1708 for 15,000 pesos escudos of silver in the governorate of Tucumán. He was not the only one, nor was the commercialisation of these titles a novelty. This type of sale had already been carried out by the Indian administration, and increased significantly during the reign of Philip V. All kinds of titles were for sale. All kinds of offices were for sale, including military posts, governorships, high ecclesiastical and judicial posts. The one that most captivated the wealthy Creoles was to acquire the title of Castile, thus becoming part of an incipient Creole nobility. Because of their status as Creoles, they had to present various documents proving their services, their cleanliness of blood and proof of their patrimony. The people who handled these formalities were intermediaries who, in exchange for money, processed them in the region.
- Subjects
NOBILITY (Social class)
- Publication
AIS: Ars Iuris Salmanticensis, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 2, p41
- ISSN
2340-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14201/AIS20231124158