Los archivos señoriales castellanos a finales de la edad media

Abstract

The organization of the documents in the archives of Castilian lords was finally achieved during the last decades of the Middle Ages. Aware of the value of their documents, noblemen established their archives in each of their fortresses, and entrusted their governors with guarding them. The documents were usually kept in wooden chests, and they were referenced in precise inventories with the aim of making them easy to locate. In this way, the lords’ archives fulfilled the purpose for which they were created and laid the foundations for the archival practices that were developed in the following centuries.