Abstract:In the Modern Age, the Navarrese Administration had to confront the disparity between
the language spoken by the majority of the population, Basque, and the language
written in the documents, Spanish. Even by the end of the sixteenth century, more than
half of the Navarrese people still did not understand Spanish. The courts were operated
and run by bilingual officials; specifically, the justice officials: secretaries, scribes, notaries, and receivers (receptores). Having the knowledge of Basque was a profesio… Show more
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