Vizcaya atormentada. La interpretación del Señorío de Vizcaya sobre la exención de tormento en el siglo XVII, con una breve comparación con el reino de Escocia

  1. Imanol Merino Malillos 1
  2. Javier García Martín 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

Journal:
Clío & Crímen: Revista del Centro de Historia del Crimen de Durango

ISSN: 1698-4374

Year of publication: 2018

Issue Title: Supliciar y disciplinar los cuerpos. La tortura en la Historia

Issue: 15

Pages: 143-174

Type: Article

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Abstract

The torment was a main institution in the penal lawsuit of the ius commune. However, in Biscay, there was an early proclamation of the exemption of the torment, both for the natives and for the land. The consolidation of the general nobility of the people from Biscay, included in the Fuero Nuevo (1526) brought the registration of those people’s exemption, but with four relevant cases excluded. The territorial dimension of the exemption was also included on that code. Nevertheless, even if those exemptions were recorded on the Fuero, that did not mean that the royal judges and courts observed it, and therefore, the provincial institutions of Biscay had to defend both exemptions. In this paper, we analyse that defence, and also the interpretations and modifications that the local institutions made on the territorial dimension of the exemption of torment. We also compared this reality with the one of the Kingdom of Scotland.

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