History of Murcia

The territory has been inhabited by humans since prehistory. People also lived in the current municipality during the Bronze and Iron Ages. During the late Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age, the occupancy of part of the current municipality was performed by the Argaric people. During the late Bronze Age and the Iron Age, the people who inhabited the current municipality were the Iberians. A remarkable site is a religious building, whose name is the De la Luz Iberian Sanctuary.{{cite web |title=Concejalía de Medio Ambiente |url=http://urbanismo.murcia.es/medio-ambiente/medio-ambiente/noticias/noticias-06-07.asp |website=Portal Ayuntamiento de Murcia}} There are traces of people presence during the Roman rule in the Iberian Peninsula era. A construction of the late Roman period in the Iberian Peninsula is a fortress, Castillo de los Garres, located in the south of the northern half of the municipality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,275,c,373,m,1871|title=Historia de Garres y Lages - Región de Murcia Digital|website=www.regmurcia.com}}

It has been suggested that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin word myrtea or murtea, meaning land of the myrtle (the plant is known to grow in the general area),{{cite web |last=González Blanco |first=Antonio |title=Las otras "Murcias" de España. Nuevos datos para el estudio de la significación del topónimo Murcia |url=https://www.regmurcia.com/docs/murgetana/N061/N061_001.pdf |access-date=2021-01-18 |website=Región de Murcia Digital |language=es}} although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village (Murtius was a common Roman name). Other research suggests that it may owe its name to the Latin Murtae (Mulberry), which covered the regional landscape for many centuries. The Latin name eventually changed into the Arabic Mursiya, and then, Murcia.

File:Monumento a Abderramán II en Murcia.jpg in Murcia]]

Madinat Mursiya was reportedly founded circa 825 upon the will of Umayyad Emir Abd al-Rahman II (other sources place its foundation by 831),{{Sfn|López Martínez|2015|p=316}} in parallel to the destruction of neighbouring city of Eio. However, particularly on the light of the archeological evidence of earlier buildings with Christian symbology, there is an historiographical consensus on it being a re-foundation over an earlier Roman settlement tracing back to the 4th or 5th century AD.{{Sfn|López Martínez|2015|p=316–317}}

File:Cantigas de Santa Maria-169-6-Murcia.jpg #169, set in the Murcian neighborhood of La Arreixaca,{{sfn|Corti|2002|p=72}} depicts a scene featuring a statue of the Virgin, three contemplative Moors with turbans and neatly trimmed beards and three powerless darker-faced moors wielding weapons.{{Cite journal|page=76|first=Francisco|last=Corti|title=Retórica visual en episodios biográficos reales ilustrados en las cantigas de Santa María|journal=Historia. Instituciones. Documentos|location=Seville|publisher=Universidad de Sevilla|url=https://idus.us.es/bitstream/handle/11441/22335/file_1.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|volume=29|year=2002}}]]

The city prospered under the Caliphate of Córdoba but after the Caliphate was dismembered due to the Fitna of al-Andalus, the city was conquered in the 1010s by {{ill|Jayran Al-'Amiri|es|Jairán}},{{Sfn|Gaspar Remiro|1905|p=93}} a slav eunuch and former servant of Almanzor who soon left to Almería, placing {{ill|Zuhayr al-Amiri|es|Zuhair}} as governor in the city.{{Sfn|Gaspar Remiro|1905|p=103}} After the death of the former, the whole territory was annexed in 1038 by {{ill|Abd-al-Aziz al-Mansur|ca}},{{Sfn|Gaspar Remiro|1905|p=103}} ruler of Valencia.

The taifa of Murcia was conquered by Muhammad ibn Aisha on behalf of the Almoravid Empire in June 1091.{{Sfn|Gaspar Remiro|1905|p=141}} As the Almoravid Empire retreated, Abu ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Saʿd ibn Mardanīš (Rey Lobo in Christian chronicles) established a new taifa in the mid-12th century, lasting from 1147 to 1172. During his reign Ibn Mardanis allied with Castile to counter the Almohad expansion.

In 1228, Ibn Hud, an Andalusian emir, rebelled against the Almohad Empire, entering the city of Murcia on 4 August 1228,{{Sfn|Navarro|Jiménez|2016|p=7}} establishing a new emirate (the third Taifa of Murcia), ruled by the Banu Hud.

File:EntradadeJaimeIenMurcia.jpg in Murcia on 2 February 1266]]

By 1240 the taifa was increasingly atomised, with several cities split from the nominal authority of the emir in the city of Murcia, who still claimed authority over the full jurisdiction.{{Sfn|López Martínez|2015|p=394}} Before the triple military threat posed by Castile, Aragon and Granada, the Murcian Emir Muhammad al-Dawla opted to negotiate a treaty with the Castilian King Ferdinand III.{{Sfn|López Martínez|2015|p=395–396}} After the 1243 Treaty of Alcaraz was reached, the city and the rest of the taifa became a vassal state of the Crown of Castile. Christians became a majority within the city as immigrants came from all parts of Iberia with Muslims confined to the suburb of Arrixaca.

As a progressive breach of the conditions abided in the treaty of Alcaraz ensued, discontent increased among the Muslim population,{{Sfn|Navarro|Jiménez|2016|p=10}} leading to a full-blown insurrection, with the rebels in Murcia joining the 1264 Múdejar revolt.{{Sfn|Navarro|Jiménez|2016|p=10}} After the intervention of Aragon in 1265, the rebels surrendered the city to forces commanded by Jaime I of Aragon on 2 February 1266;{{Sfn|Navarro|Jiménez|2016|p=10}} the city was returned to his son-in-law Alfonso X of Castile by the middle of that year.{{Sfn|Navarro|Jiménez|2016|p=11}} Following the quelling of the rebellion, Alfonso X granted Murcia a charter and privileges similar to those of Seville in 1266.{{Sfn|Torres Fontes|1987|p=6; 12}}

Alfonso de la Cerda donated the Kingdom of Murcia to Jaime II of Aragon on 21 January 1296 in exchange for help vis-à-vis his challenge for the Castilian throne.{{Sfn|Sáinz de la Maza Lasoli|1997|p=273}} The city remained under Aragonese control for eight years, until the delivering of the city signed on 16 November 1304,{{Sfn|Torres Fontes|1978|p=120}} in compliance with the Treaty of Torrellas. The Castilian monarchs entrusted wide competences to a senior officer called the Adelantado Mayor over the whole Kingdom of Murcia (then a borderland of the Crown of Castile, nearing Granada and Aragon). The territory was to become subject of a nobiliary struggle for the political power between the lineage of Don Juan Manuel and the Fajardo family for much of the Late Middle Ages.{{Cite web|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=c,373,m,1915&r=ReP-24938-DETALLE_REPORTAJESABUELO|title=Las luchas nobiliarias por el poder: Manueles vs Fajardos|first=Antonio|website=www.regmurcia.com|last=Gómez-Guillamón Buendía}}

The city of Murcia suffered its first plague epidemic in 1348; reruns of the plague ensued in 1380 and 1395,{{Sfn|Hernández Franco|1981–1982|p=104}} with the 1395 outbreak decimating half the city population.{{Sfn|Hernández Franco|1981–1982|p=104}} Plague outbreaks of lesser magnitude continued to take place in the 15th century (also in the 16th century).{{Sfn|Hernández Franco|1981–1982|p=105}}

In 1520, the city joined the Comunero uprising, although with very different nuances from the rest of Castile, featuring an anti-oligarchic component that was linked to the conflicts that took place in the Kingdom of Murcia at the end of the 15th century. An assembly of two thousand people took an oath against councilors and other municipal officials in the Plaza de Santa Eulalia. These officials sought military assistance from the {{ill|Adelantado mayor de Murcia|es}}, Pedro Fajardo y Chacón (the first Marquis of Los Vélez), who refused to provide it. Murcia’s comuneros established a syndical board with some popular representation, elected by parishes,Rodríguez Llopis, pags. 222–224 participating in the {{ill|Santa Junta|es}} from October 1520.{{Cite web |url=http://tudmur.es/guerras-por-privilegios-y-luchas-de-poder-la-revuelta-comunera-en-el-reino-de-murcia |title=Tudmur. Guerras de linajes y luchas de poder. La revuelta comunera en el Reino de Murcia |access-date=3 July 2020}}

File:Murcia CathedralSquare.jpg In 1521, work began on the main symbol of the city, the Bell tower of Murcia Cathedral (specifically its first level), under the direction of the Italian architects Francisco and {{ill|Jacobo Florentino|es}}. This structure is one of the signature works of the Renaissance, along with the Junterón Chapel in the same church, created by {{ill|Jerónimo Quijano|es}}, who also worked on the second level of the tower.

At the end of 1541, Murcia received a visit from Emperor Charles V (King Charles I of Spain), returning from the disappointing campaign of Algiers. After disembarking in Cartagena, the monarch entered the medina through the Puerta de Vidrieros and prayed in the main chapel of the cathedral, before the tomb of Alfonso X. He stayed in the city for several days.[https://www.regmurcia.com/docs/murgetana/N103/N103_002.pdf]

In 1555, one of the first Jesuit colleges in all of Spain was founded at the initiative of Bishop {{ill|Esteban de Almeyda|es}}. Today, the College of San Esteban is the seat of the regional government and is known as the {{ill|Palacio de San Esteban (Murcia)|es}}.Emilio Estrella Sevilla, pags. 115–117 The landscape of educational centers in the city was completed by the founding in 1592 of the {{ill|Seminario Mayor de San Fulgencio|es}}, as well as the {{ill|Casa de los Nueve Pisos|es}} in 1599, both due to the initiative of Bishop Sancho Dávila Toledo.

File:Museo de Bellas Artes Puerta.jpg.]]

During the reign of Philip II, troops from Murcia under the command of {{ill|Luis Fajardo|es}}, the third Marquess of los Vélez and Adelantado of the Kingdom of Murcia, helped quell the Morisco rebellion in the Kingdom of Granada.Rodríguez Llopis, pags. 265–266 As a result, Murcia was granted the title "Very noble and very loyal."{{Cite web|url=http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,87,c,373,m,1871&r=ReP-7242-DETALLE_REPORTAJESPADRE |title=Historia de Murcia — Edad Moderna |access-date=26 May 2009 |work=Región de Murcia Digital |publisher=Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia}}

The conflict in the Alpujarras also caused the collapse of the silk sector in Granada, which in turn led to the rise of silk production in Murcia. This allowed the city and its kingdom to avoid the late 16th-century crisis that affected Castile. In fact, the crisis would not reach Murcia until the third decade of the 17th century,Rodríguez Llopis, pags. 273 so during the early years of that century, the Contraste (Silk Exchange) was built and the Almudí - the city’s grain store—was rebuilt, symbols of Murcia’s thriving silk trade at the time.

According to the census of 1591, the city of Murcia had 16,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most populous cities in the Crown of Castile after Seville, Madrid, Granada, Toledo, Valladolid, Córdoba and Salamanca.Rodríguez Llopis, Atlas Histórico Ilustrado de la Región de Murcia y su antiguo reino pags. 146

In 1613, Philip III decreed the expulsion of the remaining Moriscos in Murcia, who still lived in scattered aljamas (communities) throughout the countryside and were vital to silk production.Rodríguez Llopis, pags. 276 This represented a blow to the city’s economy and population.

In 1648, an epidemic of plague from Valencia was particularly virulent in Murcia, reportedly having close to a 50% mortality rate.{{Sfn|Hernández Franco|1981–1982|p=105–106}} The situation worsened in 1651 when the city was devastated by a flood of the Segura River that caused over 1,000 deaths, known as the Riada de San Calixto.Rodríguez Llopis, pags. 281 However, in 1654 the Royal Saltpeter Factory was founded by order of Philip IV to revitalize the city after these disasters, with the complex built on what was then the Calle de la Acequia (today, Calle Acisclo Díaz).Emilio Estrella Sevilla, pags. 26 The last major plague epidemic in Spain affected Murcia in 1677.{{Sfn|Hernández Franco|1981–1982|p=103–104}}

On 26 September 1701, a flood of the Segura River destroyed the bridge connecting the city to the right bank of the river, which served as the starting point of the royal road to Cartagena. After numerous delays, construction of a new bridge began in 1718. Completed in 1742, it is the oldest surviving bridge in the city, and due to this fact, it is known as the Puente Viejo.Emilio Estrella Sevilla, pp. 39–46

File:Estatua_del_Cardenal_Belluga.jpg in La Glorieta.]]

In 1705, Luis Belluga y Moncada was appointed Bishop of Cartagena, a figure who would become key not only for the city of Murcia but for the entire kingdom in the first half of the 18th century. During the War of the Spanish Succession, he was instrumental in securing the Bourbon cause in the city, confronting several pro-Austrian councillors.Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 303–304 In 1706, appointed Viceroy of Murcia and Valencia by Philip V, he organized the defense of the city against the advance of Archduke Charles in the southeast.{{cite web |url= http://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,0,c,373,m,1096&r=ReP-14841-DETALLE_REPORTAJESPADRE |title= The Battle of Huerto de las Bombas |last= Garre Clemente |first= Juan Antonio |publisher= Región de Murcia Digital }} English forces had captured Cartagena and Elche, while in nearby Orihuela, the Marquis of Rafal proclaimed the Habsburg candidate as king. With the city under siege, Belluga ordered the deliberate flooding of the Huerta (orchard areas) to prevent Murcia from being taken and organized militias that triumphed in the Battle of Huerto de las Bombas on the outskirts of Murcia. This victory secured the region of Murcia for the Bourbon cause.{{cite web |url= http://www.11setembre1714.org/Unitats/exercit-alcantarilla-frame.html |title= Regiment of Infantry of Don Diego Rejón, Marquis of Alcantarilla |format= html |publisher= 11setembre1714.org |language= Catalan |access-date= 26 January 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181130/http://www.11setem |archive-date=2016-03-03}}

After the war, the characteristic Bourbon reformism of the new dynasty was reflected in various works, such as the important Reguerón Canal, projected in 1734 by {{ill|Sebastián Feringán|es}}, which diverted the course of the Guadalentín River to flow into the Segura River downstream from Murcia, reducing the risk of flooding in the city.

In the second half of the 18th century, the Murcian José Moñino y Redondo, Count of Floridablanca was appointed Secretary of State by Charles III. Floridablanca notably benefited his homeland with infrastructure projects and enlightened policies.Rodríguez Llopis, p. 310

File:Torre Campanario Catedral de Murcia.jpg

During the 18th century, Murcia experienced significant economic expansion. This growth was based on agricultural development and an increase in cultivated land. The expansion of irrigation led to a greater extension of the Huerta de Murcia and dry crops in the rural areas, resulting in the formation of new human settlements, the origins of many of today’s districts.Emilio Estrella Sevilla, p. 38

According to historian Rodríguez Llopis, Murcia reached a population of 70,000 by the end of the century, almost three times the population at the start of the 1700s.Rodríguez Llopis, p. 322 Silk remained an important industry, with the establishment of the {{ill|Royal Silk Spinning Factory|es|Casa de los Nueve Pisos}} in 1770.Rodríguez Llopis, p. 330

The city's economic prosperity was reflected in its arts and urban development.

File:Riadadesantateresa.jpg

On 14 October 1879, a major river flood, the {{ill|Riada de Santa Teresa|es}}, caused havoc in the city. The Segura reached a flow of 1,900 m³/s in the city, leaving up to 761 deaths.{{Sfn|Díaz|Porcel|2014|p=2}}

In 1802, the catastrophic rupture of the Puentes Reservoir dam, located in the upper Guadalentín River valley, devastated the valley and reached the Murcia orchard, causing extensive damage, including the complete destruction of the hamlet of Buznegra.Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 351 Later that year, the city received a visit from Charles IV and his family.{{cite web|url=https://blogs.laopiniondemurcia.es/la-murcia-que-se-nos-fue/2018/12/18/carlos-iv-vino-a-murcia/|title=Charles IV came to Murcia|access-date=30 January 2019|publisher=La Opinión de Murcia}}

With the outbreak of the Peninsular War in 1808, a Supreme Junta was created in Murcia, aiming to extend its authority throughout the Kingdom of Murcia in the absence of royal power. The elderly Count of Floridablanca, who was retired in Murcia, became part of this Junta and represented Murcia in the Supreme Central Junta, which met in Aranjuez, where he was appointed president.Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 352–353

In 1810, French troops led by Sebastiani entered the Kingdom of Murcia for the first time during the conflict. On 24 April, they entered the city, which was brutally looted. Authorities had fled to Alicante, and the official left in charge was killed by an angry mob.Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 354 In 1811, a terrible epidemic of yellow fever broke out, causing numerous deaths.Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 355

In January 1812, French troops under General Soult also entered the city. A clash took place on San Nicolás Street between Soult’s soldiers and the militias of General Martín de la Carrera, who died in the encounter.

After the Absolutist Restoration in Spain in 1814, Murcia became the center of a liberal uprising in 1817, led by Juan Van Halen and José María de Torrijos y Uriarte, the latter having been appointed Military Governor of Murcia, Cartagena, and Alicante in 1814. However, the conspiracy was uncovered, and its leaders were arrested.

Torrijos was imprisoned in the Inquisition Palace of Murcia. He remained politically active through clandestine documents, reportedly smuggled by his wife, hidden inside bones of meat, knife handles, and the hems of napkins.{{sfn|Castells|2000|pp=81-83}}

In 1820, the liberal cause in Murcia was championed by the Viscount of Huertas. Following the uprising of Riego, the Viscount mobilized peasants and some soldiers to storm the prison and free political prisoners, including Torrijos. In March, alongside local merchants, they forced the city council to swear allegiance to the 1812 Constitution.Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 356–357 This event marked Murcia as one of the rebel cities during the Revolution of 1820, which initiated the Trienio Liberal.

With the creation of the modern provinces of Spain in 1833 through the liberal reform of Javier de Burgos, Murcia became the capital of the province of the same name, while the ancient Kingdom of Murcia was divided into the Province of Murcia and parts of Albacete, forming the biprovincial Region of Murcia.Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 366

Due to the Ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal, numerous convents and monasteries in the city were secularized leading to a number of today's public buildings and squares such as the Museo de Bellas Artes de Murcia and the Plaza de Santa Isabel.Emilio Estrella Sevilla, pp. 108{{cite book |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B50nQMb7E5fAVHc1cWZBNFVHZHM/view |title=The College of Theologians of San Isidoro and its Patrimonial Legacy to the Alfonso X el Sabio Institute |last1=Yepes |first1=José Luis |last2=Montojo |first2=Vicente |publisher=Communications of the XI Conference of Historical Institutes |access-date=}} The period also saw the demolition of the remains of the city walls and the establisment of a short lived university.{{cite web|url=http://www.um.es/universidad/historia-umu/desarrollo/1840.php|title=The Literary University of Murcia (1840)|access-date=17 September 2009|publisher=University of Murcia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416092609/http://www.um.es/universidad/historia-umu/desarrollo/1840.php|archive-date=16 April 2009}}

Pronunciamiento in Valencia in 1843 the led by field marshal Ramón María Narváez against regent Baldomero Espartero took place. General Antonio Ros de Olano attempted to extend the uprising against the progressives in the province of Murcia, advancing from Cartagena with 4,000 troops. Although he expected to occupy the provincial capital without significant resistance, he was forced repelled by {{ill|Pedro Rosique y Hernández|es}}. However, the progressive victory in the city proved fruitless as the conservative insurrection had more success in the rest of the country, leading Murcia to capitulate.{{sfn|Vilar Ramírez|1993|p=132}}

In 1847, the {{ill|Casino de Murcia|es}} was established, a private members' club that in 1853 began constructing the luxurious building that still serves as its headquarters today.

In 1849, at the initiative of Mayor {{ill|Salvador Marín Baldo|es}}, the old promenades of the former San Benito district, also known as the {{ill|Barrio del Carmen|es|El Carmen (Murcia)}}, were renovated, giving rise to the historic {{ill|Jardín de Floridablanca|es}}.

In 1862, trains began operating between Murcia and Cartagena, in an inaugural journey attended by Isabel II, and by 1865 the city was connected by railway to Albacete and Madrid via the Chinchilla-Cartagena railway line.Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 395 The arrival of this means of transport led to urban expansion towards the south where the Murcia del Carmen railway station is located.

The same monarch also inaugurated in 1862 the Infantes Theater, built on the grounds of the confiscated Santo Domingo convent, a landmark of performing arts now known as {{ill|Teatro Romea|es|Teatro Romea (Murcia)}},Rodríguez Llopis, pp. 373 in honor of the 19th-century Murcian actor Julián Romea.

File:Toma del ayuntamiento y del gobierno civil por los insurrectos.jpg (1872).]]

During the Democratic Sexennium, following the overthrow of the Bourbons that came with the Revolution of 1868, two uprisings took place in Murcia in favor of the federal republic against the new monarchy proposed by the Spanish Constitution of 1869, as well as for the abolition of the feared military drafts and the elimination of the consumption tax. Both uprisings were led by the Murcian revolutionary {{ill|Antonio Gálvez Arce|es}}, popularly known as Antonete Gálvez.{{cite book |title=The Democratic Sexennium and the Murcian Canton|first=Juan Bautista|last=Vilar |year=1983|location=Murcia |publisher=Academia Alfonso X el Sabio |isbn=84-00-05402-4|page=221}}

The first uprising took place in 1869 when Gálvez and his supporters from {{ill|Torreagüera|es}} and Beniaján attempted to seize the city. They were thwarted by the pro-government Revolutionary Junta led by Jerónimo Torres and were forced to retreat to the peaks of Mount Miravete in the Cordillera Sur. The governor of Murcia mobilized all the companies to suppress the rebels, who were eventually defeated, forcing Gálvez into exile in Algiers.{{sfn|Rodríguez Llopis|2004|p=428}}

Antonete reentered the city of Murcia in 1872 in a daring military action that gained popular support, though it had no lasting effect as he was repelled by the army and had to flee to the mountains, eventually boarding a ship to Oran.{{sfn|Rodríguez Llopis|2004|p=428}} Shortly afterward, in February 1873, the First Spanish Republic was proclaimed amid jubilation following the abdication of Amadeo I.

File:Cab-el-canton-murciano.jpg

On 13 July 1873, the revolutionary Junta of the Canton of Murcia was established in the city,Antonio Pérez Crespo, Incidence of the Cantonal Phenomenon in the Murcian Region, p. 296 aligning itself with the entity created in Cartagena the previous day. On the morning of 15 July, the Junta’s resolutions were published, including the raising of the red flag at the {{ill|Casa consistorial de Murcia|es|Murcia City Hall}} and later at the {{ill|Episcopal Palace of Murcia|es|Palacio Episcopal de Murcia}}, which became the Junta's headquarters.

Murcia's Cantonal Revolution ended on 12 August after the defeat at the Battle of Chinchilla left an open path to government troops under Martínez Campos,{{Cite book |last=Barón Fernández |first=José |title=El movimiento cantonal de 1873: Ia̲ República |date=1998 |publisher=Edicios do Castro |isbn=978-84-7492-896-9 |series=Historia |location=A Coruña |pages=207–209}} prompting the revolutionaries to flee to the fortified city of Cartagena.

;Citations

{{Reflist|3}}

;Bibliography

• {{cite book |last=Castells |first=Irene |title=Liberales, agitadores y conspiradores. Biografías heterodoxas del XIX c. |date=2000 |editor1-first=Isabel |editor1-last=Burdiel |editor2-first=Manuel |editor2-last=Pérez Ledesma |publisher=Espasa Calpe |location=Madrid |isbn=84-239-6048-X |chapter=José María Torrijos (1791-1831). Conspirador romántico}}
• {{Cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270448930|last1=Díaz|first1=Asunción|last2=Porcel|first2=Gregorio|year=2014|title=Inundaciones en la Región de Murcia en los inicios del siglo XXI|journal=Biblio 3W|volume=XIX}}
• {{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historiademurci00gasp/page/94|title=Historia de Murcia Musulmana|first=Mariano|last=Gaspar Remiro|year=1905|location=Zaragoza|publisher=Tip. de Andrés Uriarte}}
• {{Cite journal|title=Morfología de la peste de 1677-78 en Murcia|first=Juan|last=Hernández Franco|journal=Estudis: Revista de historia moderna|issn=0210-9093|issue=9|year=1981–1982|pages=101–130|url=https://www.uv.es/dep235/PUBLICACIONS_I/PDF252.pdf}}
• {{Cite book|title=Los mudéjares del Reino de Murcia en el tránsito del dominio castellano al aragonés (1243-1305)|url=http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/eserv/tesisuned:GeoHis-Clopez/LOPEZ_MARTINEZ_Carmen_Tesis.pdf|last=López Martínez|first=Carmen|publisher=Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia|location=Madrid|year=2015}}
• {{Cite book|location=Murcia|publisher=Productos Continental|year=2016|title=Murcia, la ciudad andalusí que contempló Alfonso X|first1=Julio|last1=Navarro|first2=Pedro|last2=Jiménez|isbn=978-84-617-4815-0|url=https://www.eea.csic.es/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Libro_Murcia-la-ciudad-andalus%C3%AD-que-contempl%C3%B3-Alfonso-X1.pdf}}
• {{cite book |last=Rodríguez Llopis |first=Miguel |title=Historia de la Región de Murcia |publisher=Tres Fronteras |location=Murcia |date=2004|isbn=84-7564-200-4}}
• {{Cite journal|url=https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/6832/1/HM_11_15.pdf|title=Los santiaguistas del reino de Murcia durante la ocupación aragonesa (1296-1304)|first=Regina|last=Sáinz de la Maza Lasoli|doi=10.14198/medieval.1996-1997.11.15|year=1997|issue=11|publisher=University of Alicante|location=Alicante|journal=Anales de la Universidad de Alicante. Historia Medieval|pages=273–299|doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|location=University of Murcia|url=https://digitum.um.es/digitum/bitstream/10201/16395/1/4801227111PB.pdf|journal=Miscelánea Medieval Murciana|issue=4|year=1978|title=Los Fajardo en los siglos XIV y XV|doi=10.6018/j4801|first=Juan|last=Torres Fontes|hdl=10201/16395|hdl-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|title=Evolución del Concejo de Murcia en la Edad Media|first=Juan|last=Torres Fontes|journal=Murgetana|issn=0213-0939|issue=71|year=1987|pages=5–47|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/2663975.pdf|publisher=Real Academia Alfonso X el Sabio|location=Murcia}}
• {{Cite journal|title='Ciudades rurales' en la España Moderna: el protagonismo de las continuidades|first=María José|last=Vilalta|journal=Revista de Demografía Histórica|issn=1696-702X|volume=21|issue=1|year=2003|pages=15–43|url=http://www.adeh.org/?q=es/system/files/Revista/ADEH%202003-1/Vilalta%20p.15-43.pdf}}
• {{cite journal |last= Vilar Ramírez |first= Juan Bautista |date= 1993 |title= El federalismo en los orígenes del Cantón de Cartagena (el Partido Republicano Federal en Murcia y su región, 1868-1873) |url= https://digitum.um.es/xmlui/bitstream/10201/7055/1/El%20Federalismo%20en%20los%20origenes%20del%20Canton%20de%20Cartagena.pdf |journal= Anales de Historia Contemporánea |volume= 9 |publisher=Ediciones de la Universidad de Murcia |issn= 0212-6559 }}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Murcia

Murcia