CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xv
4. APPENDICES xix
5. ILLUSTRATIONS xix
6. ABBREVIATIONS xx
7. PART I. ORGANIZATION
8. CHAPTER I. ORIGINS 3
9. CHAPTER II. MIGRATIONS 17
10. CHAPTER III. MARKETING 30
11. CHAPTER IV. INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF THE MESTA 49
12. PART II. JUDICIARY
13. CHAPTER V. ORIGINS OF THE ALCALDE ENTREGADOR 67
14. CHAPTER VI. THE ENTREGADOR AND THE TOWNS 86
15. CHAPTER VII. DECLINE OF THE ENTREGADOR 117
16. PART III. TAXATION
17. CHAPTER VIII. SHEEP TAXES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION 139
18. CHAPTER IX. MEDIAEVAL SHEEP TAXES I N CASTILE 161
19. CHAPTER Χ. LOCAL TAXES DURING THE RISE OF THE MESTA (1273-1474) 176
20. CHAPTER XI. LOCAL TAXES UNDER FERDINAND AND ISABELLA (1474-1516) 208
21. CHAPTER XII. LOCAL TAXES UNDER THE HAPSBURGS AND EARLY BOURBONS (1516-1836) 227
22. CHAPTER XIII. MEDIAEVAL ROYAL SHEEP TAXES 254
23. CHAPTER XIV. ROYAL SHEEP TAXES OF THE AUTOCRACY 270
24. PART IV. PASTURAGE
25. CHAPTER XV. EARLY PASTURAGE PROBLEMS 297
26. CHAPTER XVI. THE SUPREMACY OF THE MESTA’S PASTURAGE PRIVILEGES 314
27. CHAPTER XVII. THE COLLAPSE OF THE MESTA’S PASTURAGE PRIVILEGES 331
28. CONCLUSION 351
29. APPENDICES 359
30. BIBLIOGRAPHY 401
31. GLOSSARY 423
32. INDEX 429