摘要
The aim of this article is to project the analysis made on the Trast芍mara∩s Castile to the concrete example of the Military Order of Calatrava, one of the most important institutions of Castile in the Middle Ages which, up to now, has not still been studied from this point of view. In order to carry on our research, we have taken advantage both chronicles and literary sources and archivistic records. Therefore, the article analyzes the dominion acquired by the most renowned Calatrava%26apos;s lineages (Padilla, Guzm芍n, Gir車n) in the Trast芍mara%26apos;s Castile, using the Order resources by means of the control of his highests hierarchs. This power was evidenced through a peculiar behaviour and it was exhibited by devices, iconographic figures and some masterpieces. Shortly, the Calatrava%26apos;s nobility behaved similarly to the laic one, despite his belonging to a religious institution. El objetivo de este art赤culo es proyectar el an芍lisis en la nobleza de la Castilla Trast芍mara al ejemplo concreto de la Orden militar de Calatrava, una de las instituciones m芍s importantes de la Castilla medieval y que hasta el momento no hab赤a sido estudiada desde esta perspectiva. Para nuestra investigaci車n hemos utilizado fuentes cron赤sticas y literarias combinadas con documentaci車n archiv赤stica. El art赤culo analiza el poder adquirido por los principales linajes calatravos (Padilla, Guzm芍n y Gir車n) en la Castilla Trast芍mara, utilizando para ello los recursos de la Orden de Calatrava mediante el control de sus m芍s altas jerarqu赤as. Este poder se concret車 en un determinado comportamiento y se exhibi車 por medio de s赤mbolos, singulares representaciones iconogr芍ficas y ciertas obras art赤sticas. En definitiva, la nobleza calatrava se comport車 de manera muy similar a la laica, a pesar de los condicionantes propios de la pertenencia a una instituci車n religiosa.