1770 - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:18:09 +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 1770 - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Poor widowed woman living in a room in an inn. Toledo, 1770 https://historylab.es/poor-widowed-woman-living-in-a-room-in-an-inn-toledo-1770/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poor-widowed-woman-living-in-a-room-in-an-inn-toledo-1770 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mujer-viuda-y-pobre-residente-en-un-cuarto-de-un-meson-toledo-1770/ Widowhood and poverty in a woman from Toledo

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]]> María González, aged 67, was a widow and extremely poor. Her situation led her to live with her two grandchildren: Manuel, 20 years old and a low-wage worker at the inn where they live; and Gregorio, 11 years old. Both grandchildren are in her care due to the premature death of their parents. With no help other than charity, her situation brought her no small amount of worry for her and her grandchildren’s future.

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]]> Declaration of dependency of a page servant in Toledo, 1771 https://historylab.es/declaracion-de-dependencia-de-un-criado-paje-en-toledo-1771/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=declaracion-de-dependencia-de-un-criado-paje-en-toledo-1771 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:23 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/declaracion-de-dependencia-de-un-criado-paje-en-toledo-1771/ Description of dependence on a page servant

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]]> Pascual Herráez y Barreda, resident of Toledo, aged 49, is married and has a daughter, Inés Herráez y Barreda, aged 17. Pascual declares to be the servant of Tomás Martínez de la Torre, who is Abbot of Santa Leocadia. His salary is 4.5 reales, although he specifies that he has to eat, dress himself and pay for the house, so the real money he has left is 1 real. He therefore fears that Tomás Martínez could dismiss him from his work or that he would die, leaving him without income. This declaration is one of the declarations made by the Royal Contribution to ascertain the socio-economic state of the Kingdom.

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