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  • In Cortes

    …estates: nobles, clergy, and the procuradores (attorneys or town clerks) of the concejos (fortified municipalities), who bore poderes (written instructions) from their electors. The king convened the Cortes’ meetings when and where he pleased. During the 14th century the procuradores dominated the Cortes because only they could authorize the special…

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    In Spain: Government and society

    …members of the Cortes, the procuradores, were not elected on the democratic principle of one person, one vote but on the basis of what was called “organic democracy.” Rather than representing individual citizens, the procuradores represented what were considered the basic institutions of Spanish society: families, the municipalities, the universities,…

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