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Red and blue shield with blue Knight's helmet and people on horses with a sword and spears

Cartas Ejecutorias

Curated by Kelli Hansen and Mariana Guzman, 2024.

The documents on display in this exhibition were created for one purpose: to prove their owners’ nobility or hidalguía. In Spain, when a person’s hidalgo status was in dispute, the legal remedy was to file a lawsuit in one of the Royal Chancery Courts, either in Valladolid or in Granada.