De las palabras a las manosnuevos datos sobre el conflicto entre castellanos e ingleses por la precedencia de los asientos en el concilio de Basilea

Resum

The Kingdom of Castile starts to become visible among European Nations during the Council of Constance (1414-1418). Nevertheless, it was not until the Council of Basel (1431-1439) when the impressive level of qualification –both in theological and cultural terms- Castilian envoys exhibited could be ascertained, due to the substantial effort Castilian deputies made at proving that their King deserved a more distinguished place than the King of England. This essay analyzes this particular conflict between the Castilian and English legations (i.e. the Castilian and the English); and looks at the way in which three of its members responded to it: Alvaro de Isorna, Bishop of Cuenca, Alfonso de Cartagena, Bishop of Burgos, and Juan de Silva, who held the title of ‘Alférez Mayor’ or Chief Justice of the Castilian Kingdom. The three delegates even forced two of the English deputies to leave their seats: the Bishop of Dax, Bernard de les Planche, and the Archideacon of Oxford, Robert Burton