The Sales of Offices in Castilla in Times of Suspension of the Sales (1600-1621)

Abstract

This article studies the sales of charges and public offices in Castile during the reign of Philip III, period in which, theoretically, the above mentioned sales were interrupted as consequence of the acceptance and fulfillment on the part of the Crown of those conditions of the successive services of millions granted by the kingdom that were forbidding such venal practices. It’s also about with uncovering the meaning of the above mentioned alienations framing them inside the general process of privatization and patrimonialization of the offices, and finally gives a special attention to the repercussions that in the constitutional order and in that of the relations king - kingdom could have had the breaches of the royal commitments of not alienating.