1683 - 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 1683 - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Neighbourhood of 1683, original data and reconstruction https://historylab.es/neighbourhood-of-1683-original-data-and-reconstruction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neighbourhood-of-1683-original-data-and-reconstruction Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vecindario-de-1683-datos-originales-y-reconstruccion/ Resource showing the number of inhabitants in the provinces of the Crown of Castile in 1683. In his reconstruction, the author applies a coefficient to obtain the number of inhabitants.

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]]> In 1683, by order of Charles II, the Vecindario was published, which counted the inhabitants of the Crown of Castile in order to establish a more up-to-date tax system that would allow for more efficient revenue for the Royal Treasury. Who were considered to be inhabitants? Family units were counted as neighbours, so the data does not reflect the number of inhabitants. In order to obtain the total population, the author applies an average coefficient based on the size of the family. The resource shows this demographic data in column “F”, giving a total population of 4,786,882. By region, the North Atlantic coast, Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria had 1,416,200 inhabitants, the largest population, followed by Andalusia (1,117,880) and Castile and Leon (1,087,202). At the provincial level, Seville, Granada and Toledo were the most inhabited areas with 316,800, 304,100 and 241,240 inhabitants respectively. Of all the regions and provinces, Galicia stands out with 950,000 inhabitants, a significant number in relation to the size and type of population. In contrast, the most depopulated territories were Zamora (39,120), Toro (47,576) and Córdoba (65,480). From 1683 to 1753, the years of the Ensenada Cadastre, the general trend continued; although the population increased in all areas, the imbalances were similar.

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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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