The new powerfull men: the second repopulation and the birth of the local oligarchies. Some hypothesis to work

Abstract

In this paper, we try to establish new hypothesis about one of the most important phenomenon on the History of the Kingdom of Granada in Early Modern Age: the formation of a rural elite, oligarchic groups which consolidated along XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries. Their origin can be traced to the repopulation after the Moorish expulsion. The power of this families is such that it will take control over local institutions and it will dominate the rest of the community. Finally, after the collapse of the Old Regimen, they will inherit the system.