War and taxation. The soldadas from the reign of Alfonso VIII of castile to the 13th century
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2015
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Estepa, Carlos
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This paper examines the issue of the soldadas (salaries or stipends) from the
kingdom of Alfonso VIII onwards, focusing on the testimonies from chronicles,
mainly the Crónica Latina de los Reyes de Castilla and De rebus Hispaniae by Rodrigo
Jiménez de Rada. The soldadas (stipendia) as cash payments for the knights (milites)
are the key element to notice the narrow link between war and taxation. The matter
should be framed in the wider question of the growth of royal taxation, which is
very important yet in the kingdom of Alfonso VIII. One century later, the Rents
from Sancho IV (1290-1292) allow us to deduce the large expanse of the soldadas,
for instance in Andalusian cities, as well as the large amounts given to the main
nobles (ricos hombres) to be shared among their men.
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Imago temporis: medium Aevum, 2015, núm. 9, p. 211-223