El señorío del obispado de Burgos en Cantabria en la Edad Media

This paper analyses the characteristics of the episcopal dominion the bishops of Burgos exercised in the territory of the modern Cantabria in the Middle Ages. Their estates in the region, consisting of proprietary monasteries received in the foundation endowment and as donations from twelfth-century Castilian monarchs, as well as several privileges and exemptions of which they benefited, allowed them to play a part in the organization of the territory as feudal lords and establish the basic diocesan structure in this area