PARA UNA HISTORIA DE LOS NOBLES SIN ARCHIVOS. SOBRE LAS FUENTES DOCUMENTALES PA RA ESTUDIAR LA NOBLEZA CASTELLANA EN LA PLENA EDAD MEDIA. EL CASO DE LOS ROJAS (1200-1350).

Due to the characteristics of the preserved documentation, the study of the nobility in Castile in the Central Middle Ages requires the consultation of numerous collections of charters, since there are hardly any noble archives in that period -the few that are known have been conserved in monastic archives -. For this reason, the reconstruction of kinship ties and lordships and properties is extremely laborious and requires the consultation of scattered and disconnected documentation. This article explores the preserved documentation to study a very large family group, the Rojas, between approximately 1200 and 1350. The origin of the documents is analyzed and also their types from the point of view of historical analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]