Political Society during the Reign of Peter of Castile (1350-1369). The King and the Court

The Castilian monarchy in the time of Pedro presents some singularities well known to historians: Political instability of the monarchy and the kingdom as a whole; permanent state of war during the reign; clashes between the nobles of the kingdom; political violence as a form of conflict resolution; and, first of all, the dramatic end of the king's death at the hands of his own step brother, Henry of Trastamara. All these items have built an image of the monarch and his times as a paradigm of cruelty and tyranny. On the other hand, taking into account the bias of the historiography of the Trastamara era, we could accept an alternative point of view and affirm that Peter I, the legitimate king, was a victim of the betrayal of his courtiers.