King Philip II of Spain confirms that the mayors of Gipuzkoa should know how to read and write
29 January 1573,
King Philip II of Spain stated that the mayors of Gipuzkoa should know how to write and read. Two years earlier, at the General Meetings held in 1571 in Errenteria, they decided that no one could be mayor or representative of a territory if he could not read or write. Faced with the most resourced villas, small and dispersed villages had no school, so they could hardly read and write. These peoples tried to reject this obligation, but did not listen to them. The norm did not specify the language and the Gipuzkoan outbreaks did not limit the use of the Basque language at all. On the contrary, he stated that Euskera was a basic element of the territory. Two centuries later, Spaniards and French began systematic persecution of the Basque people.
Source:
Xabier Irujo and Iñigo Urrutia, Legal history of the Basque language (1789-2023) (IVAP).
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