Los repartimientos y términos de Cádiz, Sidueña y el Puerto de Santa María en el siglo XIIINuevas propuestas

Abstract

The scarcity of Castilian documentary sources relating to the Christian presence in the region of the Bay of Cádiz and the countryside of Jerez de la Frontera in the second half of the 13th century considerably limits our knowledge on the issue. Fortunately, the finding of previously unpublished documents allows us to contribute to the specification —chronological, of boundaries and of territorial jurisdiction— of the alfoces of El Puerto de Santa María, Sidueña and Cádiz and the relationship that existed among them. Novel aspects, such as reflections on a very probable distribution of Sidueña or tenure in the hands of Cádiz of possessions on the mainland beyond the segregation of El Puerto de Santa María are also included in this research that is now presented, which aims to provide new explanatory hypotheses about the territorial organization of the area during the first decades of Castilian domination