FRANCISCANISM AND FAMILIES FACTIONS. THE FRANCISCAN ORDER AND ITS PEACEKEEPING ROLE: THE FACTIONS OF CIEZA (1685-1705)

Abstract

This article place in the study of the  History of the Family trough the analysis  of a local elite in the south of Castile,  specifically in the murciana town of  Cieza during the 17st century. The  research explain the configuration and  the pattern of these families trough of  the material inheritance, immaterial and  relational in the context of the disputes  of factions, whose goals, articulations  and characteristics define the factions of  clienteles lineages. Finally in the search of  the peace will intervene the own ciezana  community, several renowned-man, the  Spanish authorities and the parish clergy,  particularly the Franciscan order.