1591 - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:10:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg 1591 - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Distribution of the population of Extremadura according to the data of the Vecindario of 1591 (in percentages) and distribution of the population according to the data of the Census of Floridablanca (in percentages) https://historylab.es/distribution-of-the-population-of-extremadura-according-to-the-data-of-the-vecindario-of-1591-in-percentages-and-distribution-of-the-population-according-to-the-data-of-the-census-of-floridablanca/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=distribution-of-the-population-of-extremadura-according-to-the-data-of-the-vecindario-of-1591-in-percentages-and-distribution-of-the-population-according-to-the-data-of-the-census-of-floridablanca Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:57 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/distribucion-de-la-poblacion-extremena-segun-los-datos-del-vecindario-de-1591-en-porcentajes-y-distribucion-de-la-poblacion-segun-los-datos-del-censo-de-floridablanca-en-porcentajes/ Distribution of the population of Extremadura based on the 1591 census compared to the Floridablanca census

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]]> Between 1591 and 1752 there is no reliable population count available for Extremadura as a whole, so the figures presented must be considered as mere approximate estimates, as this is the only possible way to be minimally reliable. The sample consulted is based on 37 localities (18 in Badajoz and 19 in Cáceres) which accounted for 13.87% of the surface area and 17.47% of the population of Extremadura in 1787. The demographic evolution of Extremadura in the Modern Age can be divided into three main stages. The first comprises 1500-1574 when there was an upward trend; the second from 1575-1651 which, on the other hand, was an intense depressive movement, followed by the period from 1652-1835 with a new population increase. Within the last phase, it is necessary to explain two sub-phases: one of recovery in 1652-1759 until the maximum birth rate of the 16th century was regained, and the real boom, from 1760 to 1835. Prior to these stages, macrodemographic sources such as baptismal records suggest that the number of Extremadurians recorded a notable increase in the first three quarters of the 16th century. From the mid-16th century onwards, the population of Extremadura began a very long period of positive growth which lasted until the end of the Ancien Régime. However, neither wars nor catastrophic mortality seem to be the main reasons for the almost two centuries it took the region to recover the maximum number of baptised people. Without forgetting the migratory movement – of which few results are known – the available evidence points to a demographic collapse that is intertwined with the behaviour of fertility.

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]]> Evolution of the population of Castile between 1591 and 1787 https://historylab.es/evolution-of-the-population-of-castile-between-1591-and-1787/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evolution-of-the-population-of-castile-between-1591-and-1787 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-de-la-poblacion-de-castilla-entre-1591-y-1787/ Resource showing the evolution of the population of the Crown of Castile during the Modern Age using different historical sources.

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]]> For the elaboration of this resource the author uses secondary sources that compile the population of the Crown of Castile between 1591 and 1787. The historical sources used were the Censo de Millones (1591), Censo de la Sal (1631), Vecindario de 1683, Catastro del Marqués de la Ensenada (1752) and the Censo de Floridablanca (1787). In general terms, the population increased in these two centuries, from 5,302,000 to 7,298,000 inhabitants, with periods of demographic decline explained by the crises of the 17th century. Between 1591 and 1683 the growth rate was negative, -0.27, although the decline was not generalised; Galicia and the Cantabrian coast increased their population in this period. The great leap was between 1683 and 1752 with a growth rate of 0.47, a positive differential of 1,822,000 inhabitants. In the first half of the 18th century, the territories of Andalusia, Extremadura and both Castiles recovered, with growth slowing down in the second half of the century, and even falling between 1760 and 1770 in Castile la Nueva.

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