The family structure of the household provides us with a great deal of information to configure the society of the Ancien Régime. The Cadastre of the Marqués de la Ensenada, one of the main sources of study for the 18th century, offers us a complete vision of the Castilian household. Particularly, in this case, María del Mar Simón’s research on two rural areas on the banks of the river Júcar in La Manchuela Albacetense, Jorquera and Casas Ibáñez, reflects a generalised trend in an environment well defined by its rural dynamics and economy based on irrigated crops, hemp and flax for the production of textiles in the case of Jorquera, and dry crops, such as saffron and cereal, in the case of Casas Ibáñez. In both towns, the number of married households far exceeded the rest of the compositions (77.37% in Jorquera and 69.29% in Casas Ibáñez), highlighting the importance of widows as heads of household (12.10% and 13.19%), while male widowers tended to have second marriages. The male sector stands out, comparatively speaking, in the area of bachelorhood. One of the main reasons for this is the age of marriage, which is later for men than for women. Churchmen, subject to celibacy, also swelled the ranks of single heads of households, although this position is not considered by the author to be statistically significant. In sum, the male-headed household constituted 72.28% of single women compared to 27.72% of single women.
Collection: Statistics
Project: 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity., 4. Family, daily life and social inequality in Europe.
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Link: https://www.adeh.org/revista/2009,%202/MM%20SimA%CC%82%C2%A2n%20GarcA%CC%82%C2%B0a.pdf
Resource type: Statistics
Format: Table
Source: Simón García, María del Mar. (2009)."El hogar y su composición en la Mancha del Júcar a mediados del siglo XVIII", en Revista de Demografía Histórica, XXVII, 2, p. 160.
Language: Spanish
Date: 2009
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: ©Revista de Demografía Histórica ©María del Mar Simón García
Abstract: Resource that reflects the structure of the home in a rural setting on the banks of the River Júcar in Albacete
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AlbaceteCasadosCasas IbáñezCatastro del Marqués de la EnsenadaDemografía HistóricaEstructura del hogarFamiliaHogarJefatura del HogarJefatura femeninaJorqueraLa ManchuelaMujeresSiglo XVIIISolterosViudas
