Santa Hermandad
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Santa Hermandad was a type of military peacekeeping association of armed individuals, which became characteristic of municipal life in medieval Spain, especially in Castile. Modern hermandades in Spai
Posada de la Santa Hermandad, in Toledo, Spain, dating from the 15th century, now a historic site
Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla.
Robber baron (feudalism)
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A robber baron or robber knight was an unscrupulous feudal landowner who, protected by his fief's legal status, imposed high taxes and tolls out of keeping with the norm without authorization by some
Santa Hermandad
…the pilgrim road to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, and to protect the pilgrims in the 12th century, a major source of regional income, against robber knights. With the countryside virtually everywhere effectively in the hands of nobles, such brotherhoods throughout the High Middle Ages were frequently formed…
Legendary Raubritter Eppelein von Gailingen (1311–1381) during his escape from Nuremberg Castle