Goi Aro Berriko bizkaiko Jaurerriko Gobernuari buruzko hurbilketa

Abstract

This piece of work analyses the main families who took part in the Biscayan Government between the second half of the 16th. century and the first half of the 17th. century. Firstly, those families who composed the Biscayan ruling classes have been listed. This list doesn\'t include all the officials, but only the General Deputies. Later, those families most frequently elected at the General Assemblies have been studied: placement, socioeconomic bases, nets of alliances and dependence, familiar strategies, etc. Similarities and differences between all of them may enlighten some news about hypothetical factions. Finally, this analysis will try to give out the reasons for the fight between the two main groups in the Biscayan institutions or the presence or the old bands. Key Words: History of institutions. Biscay. Representative institutions. 16th. and 17th. Centuries.