El pleito de las ferrerías de Artikutza y Urdallue (1496-1498) [The lawsuit of the ironworks of Artikutza and Urdallue (1496-1498)]

Conflictos sobre la explotación de recursos naturales en Navarra [Conflicts on the explotation of natural resources in Navarre]

Abstract

The objective of this work is to analyze a medieval lawsuit around two ironworks located in Artikutza, Goizueta (Navarre). The lawsuit, motivated by the breach of a contract for the exploitation of some mines, lets us see the iron industry world, the conflicts that arose arond this industry in Navarre for the control of natural resources and other issuees, such as the phases of the judicial proceeding following a lawsuit before the Cámara de Comptos in the fiftheenth century. The lawsuit also shows an incipient proletarian world and the socio-economic importance that the ironworks acquired in the North of Navarre in the late medieval  period.