La función militar de la nobleza en los orígenes de la España Moderna

Abstract

This article shows the importance of the nobility, as a social order, inside the war’s world in the beginning of the Modern Age. In Spain under king Philippe II are very clear the plentiful connections of the nobility with all things around the state’s violence —the war—, even the others ways not controlled by himself. From a social point of view, we see that the primitive function of the nobility is important in the social structure. The list of military functions, features, attributes (the symbolism of the war like a good social virtue), and its owner’s condition of weapons gives to the noblemen a power, at least intimidator, very great. From this point of view, its manoeuvrability was wide and important in the social relations too. In this way the nobility was able to continue in its privileged position for a long time.