Why was the proportion of the nobility in the population of Spain higher in the 15th century than in the rest of Europe?

The princes and kings of the North of Spain willingly granted the nobility to all distinguished soldiers, especially since the new nobles did not have to give land, they had to conquer it themselves. Hidalgo is a landless nobleman, unlike the caballeros and the grando.

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