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 nstituto de Estudios Canarios
- 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.