The canceller of Catalonia, a wighted arbitrot between jurisdictions (XVI-XVIII centuries)

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chancellor, Catalonia, Early Modern era, arbitration, jurisdictional conflicts, monarchy, Church, neutrality.

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Among the unique institutional and legal experiences in the history of Catalonia, often shared with other territories of the Crown of Aragon, the role of the Chancellor as third arbiter in the attribution of dubious cases to ecclesiastical or secular jurisdictions stands out, although little known. The Chancellor was perceived as an equidistant, potentially neutral authority, hence he was assigned this delicate task between two Powers, Monarchy and Church, that considered themselves similar in terms of Dignity. Throughout the Early Modern era, with a creative and weighted exercise of his arbitration, the Chancellor went beyond the function of interjurisdictional hinge and was recognized as a meeting point that helped the pacification of conflicts.

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