Sentencia Arbitral de Guadalupe

Sentencia Arbitral de Guadalupe
Signed21 April 1486
LocationExtremadura, Spain
NegotiatorsKing Ferdinand II of Aragon
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500th anniversary of the royal remensa treaty signed at Santa Maria, Amer

The Sentencia Arbitral de Guadalupe (Arbitral Decision of Guadalupe) was a legal decree delivered by King Ferdinand II of Aragon at the Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe in Extremadura, Spain on 21 April 1486 to free the Catalan remensa peasants who were subjects of the lord of the manor and tied to his lands and subject to numerous onerous fees and maltreatment under the so-called evil customs (mals usos).