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El crédito portugués en la Monarquía Hispánica de Felipe IV

Los asientos de la familia Núñez-Mercado (1640-1652)

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ID20452089
AuthorsÁlvaro SÁNCHEZ DURÁN (0000-0002-4399-4426, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume42
Issue1
Publication date2017-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCuadernos de Historia Moderna (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0214-4018 • E-ISSN: 1696-747X
PublisherUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5209/chmo.56654
OpenAlexW2739506534
LanguageES
References cited2

This study reconstructs the financial career of the Núñez-Mercado family of Portuguese New Christian businessmen during the reign of Philip IV. It sheds light on the influence it achieved thanks to the close relationship between one of the family’s heads, Henrique Núñez, and a royal minister, the Count of Peñaranda de Bracamonte, which opened the way to its participation in the finances of the Spanish Monarchy. After examining different contracts for the provision of the Army of Extremadura and the mechanisms by which the Núñez-Mercado financed their asiento contracts, it assesses the new contractual relationship developed between the Spanish Crown and this Portuguese banking house following the royal bankruptcy of 1647, which led to its linking new asientos with tax-farming contracts. It concludes with a brief description of the extinction of the family firm following the arrest and prosecution of Manuel Núñez Mercado by the Inquisition in 1652

Art · Bankruptcy · Cartography · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · Humanities · Monarchy · Political science · Portuguese · Reign · Historical Studies on Spain · Law · Medieval and Early Modern Iberia · Philosophy

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