Publication: La economía del castigo y el perdón en tiempos de Cervantes
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2005
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Laureano Figuerola: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales
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En la Castilla de la temprana Edad Moderna, la autoridad del monarca se ejercía en el plano de la política a imagen de la económica o arte del buen gobierno de la casa. El rey, como padre prudente de los súbditos, debía emplear el castigo y la gracia para mantener el equilibrio del cuerpo político. El ejercicio de la justicia debía culminarse con el castigo o el indulto de los delincuentes. La Sevilla en que se asentaba la corte de Monipodio, retratada por Cervantes, ofreció un sin fin de ocasiones para la práctica judicial. El estudio de los ajusticiados e indultados sevillanos de los tiempos cervantinos permite caracterizar la práctica judicial a partir de estos presupuestos y matizar la imagen represiva que nos legó Foucault en su Surveiller et punir.
In early modern Castile the Crown authority was played within the political arena having as a mirror the so-called economica (the art of the good government of the household). The king, a prudent father of his subjects, should punish and sometimes pardon the criminals in order to keep the political body balanced. The criminal punishment or pardon should be the end of every lawsuit. Seville in the times of Cervantes offered lots of occasions to develop judicial practices. This article explains how justice was developed within this framework and gives a picture of Ancient Régime justice quite different to the repressive justice depicted by Foucault in his Surveiller et punir.
In early modern Castile the Crown authority was played within the political arena having as a mirror the so-called economica (the art of the good government of the household). The king, a prudent father of his subjects, should punish and sometimes pardon the criminals in order to keep the political body balanced. The criminal punishment or pardon should be the end of every lawsuit. Seville in the times of Cervantes offered lots of occasions to develop judicial practices. This article explains how justice was developed within this framework and gives a picture of Ancient Régime justice quite different to the repressive justice depicted by Foucault in his Surveiller et punir.
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Justicia, Castigo, Indulto, Sevilla, Foucault, Edad Moderna, Justice, Punishment, Pardon, Seville, Foucault, Early modern times
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Revista de Historia Económica Año XXIII 2005 n. extra pp. 69-97