The section chosen is the declaration of the merchant Antonio Carbonel, a native of Villarrobledo. The Cadastre of the Marquis de la Ensenada gives us a glimpse of his family structure. He is 60 years old, and in his charge there are 3 nephews: Antonio Forat, aged 26, Antonio Calier, aged 23, and María Luisona, aged 36. The male nephews are in charge of taking the necessary goods to Carbonel to be sold: cloth, linen and silk mainly. Outside the family, the merchant has several servants at his service. The first of these is Juan Serat, a 28-year-old baker’s servant whose job is to bake bread. Juan is from Alicante. The second servant is a woman, Josefa Corbera, 18 years old, single and a resident of Vara del Rey. The associated gender roles stand out; while the man is dedicated to productive tasks, the woman obeys to service and assistance tasks. Likewise, the master, being a merchant and not subject to a land to till, has to travel to do business, extending his network of relationships spatially: consequently, the servants are from different geographical locations, in contrast to the servants subject to a day labourer master.

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: Family and servants of a merchant, highlighting the geographical mobility of the merchant

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