1561 - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:53:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg 1561 - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Neighbours of Cuenca 1561-1752 https://historylab.es/neighbours-of-cuenca-1561-1752/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neighbours-of-cuenca-1561-1752 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:41 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vecinos-de-cuenca-1561-1752/ The evolution of the population in the province of Cuenca from 1561 to 1762

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]]> The population of Cuenca in 1561 reached 17,000 inhabitants compared to Toledo’s population of around 30,000. If for the whole of Castile a population decrease of 36-42% of the inhabitants of Cuenca is estimated, comparing the data of 1591 and 1712, in the case of Cuenca the decrease is particularly steep, losing 83.6% of its population. At the end of the 17th century it experienced a small demographic recovery, participating in the general increase in Castile as a whole, reaching the levels of 1591, which was cut short by the War of the Spanish Succession. As for the province, a decline of 51% was calculated, as in Valladolid and Extremadura. These reductions translated into a population decline in the region between 1591-1646 of 35%, while in the city of Cuenca itself it reached 61.5%, falling from 3,120 at the end of the 16th century to just 1,200 in 1644. The decline during the first half of the 16th century was largely due to deindustrialisation due to the decline of the textile industry, which brought with it a process of deurbanisation at the end of the century. As part of the model of inland Spain, Cuenca participated in a demographic resurgence during the 17th century, as did Guadalajara, where the population grew modestly throughout the 17th century, with an increase in baptisms of 17.7%, without recovering the highs of the 16th century until 1790.

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]]> Estimation of the number of inhabitants of Madrid (1590-1850) https://historylab.es/estimation-of-the-number-of-inhabitants-of-madrid-1590-1850/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=estimation-of-the-number-of-inhabitants-of-madrid-1590-1850 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:41 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/estimacion-del-numero-de-habitantes-de-madrid-1590-1850/ Evolution of the estimated number of inhabitants of the town of Madrid since the settlement of the Court in 1561

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]]> The move of the Court of Philip II to Madrid in the spring of 1561 was the contextual factor that boosted the population of the Manzanares region. The results obtained indicate that at the end of the 16th century the city had between 85,000 and 95,000 inhabitants, a population comparable to that of European cities such as Florence, Palermo, Antwerp, Bologna and Lisbon. With the move of the Court to Valladolid under Philip III between 1601-1606, González Dávila warned of excessive expense and damage to both Castillas. Madrid suffered great need with the lack of people (according to Cabrera de Córdoba), as the lack of people and houses fell by the day: the number of baptisms fell by a third. With the return of the Court in 1606, uninterrupted growth began until 1630, when the city surpassed 130,000 inhabitants. The bad harvests of 1629-30 had a major effect on the city’s supplies and the shortages led to a mortality crisis, after which the number of inhabitants seemed to fall and stagnated at 125,000 until 1670. However, irregularities in the supply of wheat and flour in 1698-99 provoked a riot against the Count of Oropesa. The crisis at the beginning of the 18th century, together with the problems of the War of Succession, caused a mortality rate where the population fell to 109,000 between 1710-1714, recovering to 1630 levels between 1730-39. From then on, a more accelerated growth began, favoured by the relative decrease in deaths. The poor harvests at the end of the 18th century triggered a major subsistence crisis that combined transport difficulties and social revolts in protest against the hoarding of grain for the Court. The demographic recovery began in 1806, but was interrupted by the War of Independence which, from 1814 onwards, saw the city grow to 201,000 inhabitants in 1825.

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