Petition and Response as Social Process: Royal Power, Justice and the People in Late Medieval Castile (c.1474-1504).

The article discusses the history of petitioning the monarchy in Castile, Spain during the fifteenth century, and it mentions grievances submitted to the Royal Council under the medieval reigns of then-Castilian leaders Queen Isabel I and King Fernando II. According to the article, Castilians asserted their rights and sought resolutions to various social and judicial conflicts. Royal decrees and the Royal Council's coercive methods are assessed.