Alcaraz: intrigas y mando a distancia en la época de las Comunidades de Castilla

Abstract

In the interpretation of the rising in 1520 of the Comunidades de Castilla, the tendency has been to view the events within the framework of a stratification in Castilian society, real or imagined. Analysis of some flashpoints of insurgency, in particular Zamora, Murcia, Requena, Cuenca, Plasencia, Baeza and others, has shown that, whoever was involved in street skirmishes, the protagonists were often influenced and even supported by the same vested interests from elsewhere, apprehensive of the prospect of losing control of economic resources.