Fuero de Castrojeriz

Fuero de Castrojeriz

One of the earliest charters issued in the County of Castilla in the 10th century, the Fuero de Castrojeriz established the rights and privileges for common villagers in the town of Castrojeriz, Spain.

In the year 974, the Count of Castilla, García Fernández, granted the Fuero de Castrojeriz to the town of Castrojeriz. This charter, one of the first issued in the County of Castilla, addressed the Muslim threat along the Count’s borders by expanding the social base of the county ordinances and equating common villagers with second-class nobles who owned a horse for warfare.

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Written by Nik Frost

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