In many occasions during the Modern Age servants were young and orphans. These situations made them completely dependent on their masters. Moreover, the work of the servants was often oriented according to their gender. The document shown here is an example of both. Juan Tomás Morcillo y Argumanes, of the general state and farmer, aged 36, married, has Francisca Gómez, single, aged 17 and an orphan, as his servant. He also has a labour servant: Juan Montejano, single, 20 years old. Gender roles are clearly shown by the fact that the woman is dedicated to service and care work and the man to farm work. Gender roles were not only reproduced by farmers, as in this case, but other social groups also showed the same behaviour towards servants.
Collection: Texts
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Historical source
Format: Codex
Source: Archivo Histórico Provincial de Albacete, Secc. Catastro del Marqués de la Ensenada, Libro de Familias, caja 3257.
Language: Spanish
Date: 1753
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: © Seminario de Historia Social de la Población © Archivo Histórico Provincial de Albacete
Abstract: Young farmer's family with dependent servants
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1753Catastro del Marqués de la EnsenadaCriadosCriados de laborCriados de servicioDependenciaEconomía familiarFamiliaFuentes históricasFuentes primariasHistoria socialHuérfanoslabradoresRoles de géneroSiglo XVIIISubsistenciaVillarrobledo
