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Title

Refutacion juridica e historica de la consulta que hizo el real consejo de Castilla al rey nuestro señor

Authors

• Macanaz, Melchor Rafael de, 1670-1760

Other related names

• Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1408
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 4452308
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4452308

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Spanish

Origin

Date

after 1708

Place

Spain

Summary

Defense of the power and autonomy of the monarchy in Spain written by Melchor Rafael de Macanaz at the King's request in 1708. Since the creation of the Royal Council of Castile in 1385 by Juan I, members of the council had sought to expand their powers and in turn several Spanish monarchs had enacted various reforms limiting the power of the council. When Philip V, the first Bourbon King of Spain, was crowned as successor to Charles II in 1701, he immediately sought to concentrate power in the royal person, emulating the absolute monarchy of his native France. Macanaz used his knowledge to defend the power of the king against the efforts of the council, making a careful study of the history of the power struggle between king and council and concluding with a condemnation of the council's attempts to usurp the sovereignty of the king.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r).
   

Watermark

Similar to Valls i Subirá, Romaní, 806; similar to Valls i Subirá, Bas, 89; unidentified watermark containing what appears to be a crown and the name Salelles underneath; unidentified watermark consisting of the initials Y P; watermark consisting of the name Paular, see Valls i Subirá, Españolas, 1885.

Extent

122 leaves : 288 x 199 (231 x 150) mm. bound to 298 x 215 mm

Foliation

Paper, i + 122 + i leaves; [i, 1-120, i]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary calf.

Layout

Written in 23 long lines.

Script

Written in a cursive script.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, inside upper cover; inscription on front flyleaf, 1903).
   

Subjects topical

• Spain.--Consejo Real de Castilla--History--18th century
• Monarchy--Spain--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Polemics
• Manuscripts, Spanish--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

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