Elites and oligarchies in the late medieval Portuguese urban world

Costa, Adelaide Millán

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Costa, Adelaide Millán

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The purpose of this articlc is to review the state of knowledge about elites and oligarchies in ihe Portuguese urban world, during the Medieval Era. To achieve this objective, the following outline will be used. 1- Review of the situation in urban iiistory and studies of power in Portugal. 2- Recent research: a political reading of the Portuguese urban world. 3- Siirnrnary of the status of municipalities in the political systern in medieval Portugal. 4- The rnethods and historiographical perspectives of research on urban elites. 5- Case study: the power elites in a Portuguese town in the Medieval Era.