From the 4th century AD, the great landowner, the dominus, abandoned the urban centres and settled in the countryside. At the same time, many citizens moved to the villages in search of work and a system of colonato was created.
From the 4th century AD, the great landowner, the dominus, abandoned the urban centres and settled in the countryside. At the same time, many citizens moved to the villages in search of work and a system of colonato was created.
The proletariat
Social inequality
Bourgeois family
Bourgeois homes
Social inequality
The bourgeois woman
Family and social inequality
Children’s deposit and Foundlings The text shows how the deposit of children in the House of Maternity and Foundlings of Barcelona during the second half of the 19th century was a survival strategy in the face of economic difficulties.
Changes in rural society during the 19th century