Library of Rassegna iberistica

Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | Serenísima palabra
Chapter | Justicia y corrupción en la Corte a mediados del siglo XVII

Justicia y corrupción en la Corte a mediados del siglo XVII

El caso escandaloso del Alcalde de Casa y Corte don Martín de Lanuza

Abstract

In the middle of the XVII century, a scandalous case outraged the whole population of Madrid: the court alcalde don Martín Bautista de Lanuza, senior official of the judicial power and representative of the royal power, was accused of having committed several serious offences: the image of justice was defied. If it was necessary at first to restore this image by giving an exemplary judgment, the question arose as to whether certain favours had been granted to the accused. The silence about this affair is also a problem: is it a deliberate way to misinform people? Nevertheless, the impact of this case of corruption went far beyond Madrid. Moreover, this affair raises another problem: what has historiography been willing to learn and remember from this crime case?  


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: July 16, 2015 | Accepted: May 14, 2016 | Language: it

Keywords Court • XVII century • Council of Castile • Corruption • Justice

Copyright © 2017 Francisca Jiménez Guillén. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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