The dwelling constitutes the main space for families in the Modern Period, both in terms of the ways of life and distribution of people within the houses and during their own cohabitation. These living relationships show great differences between urban and rural spaces, and this study therefore focuses on the inhabitants of Madrid as the capital of the Monarchy and seat of the Cortes during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The article analyses the de facto relationship between the owners of a property and the increasingly common tenants, who were not part of the family unit to which they had been accustomed until then. According to the research of the Planimetría General de Madrid, it is discovered that in the middle of the 18th century, 35% of the properties destined for housing in Madrid belonged to the Church and 11% to the nobility.
In terms of cohabitation, which is the object of study here, two types of owners can be distinguished in Madrid. On the one hand, there were those who lived in a house to live exclusively with their families, while on the other hand, there were individuals who established their habitual residence in houses with a characteristic architectural layout that allowed them to be inhabited by several families, who would then live directly with the owner. In large buildings, even large-scale restructuring of the space was carried out, as in the case in point, in which Don Pedro de Astreana sent his reform project to the Madrid City Council in 1746. The aim of this plan was to create up to ten separate rooms that would serve as living quarters for several people or family groups. In this situation, complete family nuclei would be established that would have nothing to do with those in the adjoining rooms.

Collection: Images

Project: 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe., 5. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy.

Chronology: XVIII, XIX

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://www.tiemposmodernos.org/tm3/index.php/tm/article/view/1290

Resource type: Image

Format: Map

Source: González, N. (2016). "La convivencia entre propietarios, inquilinos y huéspedes en las casas de Madrid (1740-1808)", en Tiempos modernos, nº 32, p. 397.

Language: Spanish

Date: 1746

Owner: Roberto José Alcalde López (Modernalia)

Copyright: ©Tiempos Modernos ©Natalia González Heras

Abstract: Plan showing the division by tenant and guest rooms in the house of Don Pedro de Astrearena in 1746

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