comunidad de villa y tierra 14
Form of political organization of the Castilian Extremadura, i.e. the lands conquered by Castile to the Arabs during the 11th and 12th centuries between the basins of the Douro and the Tagus. These lands, organized around a villa, could be of realengo (owned by King), abadengo, family (of a nobleman or military order) or behetria; This last very common situation in which the inhabitants themselves choose the Lord and are organized in the Council, in a system of freedom and autonomy, that Yes, always in fiscal dependency with the King.