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Municipal Archive of Miranda de Ebro
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Municipal Archive of Miranda de Ebro
Archivo Municipal de Miranda de Ebro
spa
Plaza España 8. 09200 – Miranda de Ebro
+34 947 349 117
http://www.mirandadeebro.es
archivo@mirandadeebro.es
ES. 9219. AM
Archival reference number
Archivo Municipal de Miranda de Ebro
spa
City council of Miranda de Ebro
1237
2000
“Fondo municipal” (Municipal Collection). It is composed of the documents produced and received by the city council of Miranda de Ebro from the Middle Ages to the present day. This section contains medieval documentation such as royal privileges and orders, acknowledgment of debts, lawsuits, farming of royal and local taxes, etc.
“Fonoteca” (Audio Library). It is composed of audio tapes that record the municipal plenary sessions, since 1989.
“Videoteca” (Video Library). It is composed of DVDs that record the municipal plenary sessions, since 2005.
“Hemeroteca” (Newspaper Archive). It is composed of several newspapers that contain news from Miranda, and the Spanish Official Bulletins.
Information related to the Jews is contained in the medieval collection and is kept in the Municipal Collection. Most of the records are based on royal privileges and letters; some thirteenth century documents have Hebrew signatures. The following documents, among others, are preserved in this section: a letter on the meeting held by the judge of Miranda, the juries, and some “hombres buenos” and certain Jews to deal with the debts owed by Christians and borrowed from Jews (1294); a copy of a letter given by Sancho IV in which he confirms to the city council and villages of Miranda all the concessions made in the Cortes de Valladolid of 1293, including some provisions on debts and lawsuits related to Jews (1294); a letter on some disputes between the tax-collectors of a royal tax, on the one hand, and the judge of Miranda and certain Jews from Haro, on the other (1296); a letter given by Fernando IV that contains some provisions that regulate the relationship between Christians and Jews, mainly on debts (1304); a letter by Pedro I, in which he gives a guarantee to the residents of Miranda de Ebro, so that they return to inhabit there (1360); a copy of a letter by Alfonso XI of 1335 addressed to all the municipal councils of the kingdom, in which the rights and privileges of the Jews from Haro are established (1363); a letter by Enrique II, in which he extends by two years the deadline to pay debts owed to the Jews in Miranda (1367); a letter by the city council of Miranda asking the authorities of the village of Briones for guarantors for the debts owed by Christians from Miranda to Jews from Vitoria and Salinas (1380).]]>
In 1938, the city council of Miranda de Ebro was in charge of the organization of the Municipal Archive. In 1984, the notary collections were segregated and delivered to the Provincial Historical Archive of Burgos.
The Municipal Archive of Miranda de Ebro preserves all documents produced and received by the city council of Miranda de Ebro from the medieval period to the present day.
Spain
Castile
Miranda de Ebro
Haro
Pancorbo
Briones
Burgos
Correspondence
Financial matters
Financial matters--Debt
Financial matters--Moneylending
Jewish languages
Jewish languages--Hebrew
Jewish-Christian relations
Legal matters
Privileges
Residency issues of Jews
Taxation
Free access regulated by the current legal environment on access to Spanish historical archives (law 16/1985 of Spanish Historical Patrimony).
An inventory of the collection is available at the archive. Data on the collection are also available at the website of the Spanish National Archives (PARES).
https://pares.culturaydeporte.gob.es/inicio.html
Marina Girona Berenguer; ILC, CSIC; March 2020
Spanish National Research Council