Un sistema de enriquecimiento rápido: letrados y oficiales en Gran Canaria en el primer tercio del siglo XVIA System of Rapid Enrichment: Scholars and Officials in Gran Canaria in the First Third of the Sixteenth Century

  1. Mariano Gambín García 1
  1. 1 nstituto de Estudios Canarios
Book:
XXV Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana
  1. Elena Acosta Guerrero (coord.)

Publisher: Casa de Colón

Year of publication: 2022

Congress: Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana (25. 2022. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Type: Conference paper

Abstract

This article will deal with how, from the twenties of the 16th century onwards, four new groups of wealth holders were formed on Gran Canaria. In this island context, where those who possessed money became potential investors, these new public offices made them a source of possible business opportunities. Gran Canaria, royal officials, lawyers, public offices.