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Evolution of consanguineous marriages over the total in Asturias between 1701 and 1900

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000

As can be seen in the graph, the author compiles the sacramental marriage certificates to establish the number of marriages by blood that took place in Asturias through the study of the degrees of filiation of the spouses. The graph shows how this type of marriage increases during the 18th century, decreases at the beginning of the 19th century and increases again from 1871 onwards, reaching its maximum at the end of the century. The growth trend of consanguineous marriages is similar in other parts of Spain and Catholic Europe.

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Evolution of consanguineous marriages according to the degree of kinship in Asturias (1701-1900)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000

Consanguineous marriages have different degrees according to their kinship. At the beginning of the 18th century, marriages between more distant degrees were the most common within this filiation; however, the historical evolution in Asturias shows how at the end of the 19th century there was a rapprochement between marriages of higher and lower degrees of kinship. Although the number of marriages between blood relations decreased, the number of marriages of higher kinship, 1st and 2nd, increased.

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From outsider to mayor: the network of Don Martín Villaranda García in Bermellar (18th century)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000

The resource analyses the social impact of Martín Villaranda García as an example of clientelist, family and social reproduction networks. The author investigates Martín’s trajectory since he settled in the municipality of Bermellar (bishopric of Ciudad Rodrigo). There he married María Bogajo and they had 11 children, 8 of whom survived. Of all of them, María’s socially well-positioned father was the godfather of 5; Martín thus reinforced the ties with his father-in-law as a means of penetration and consolidation within society. With the death of Pedro in 1759, Martín saw his possessions increase as he was one of the main heirs. Six years later, in 1764, his wife died and he remarried Rosenda Sánchez Pastor, with whom he had five more children. Martín’s family networks were part of a larger strategy of social reproduction that also included ties of compadrazgo and spiritual ties that helped to underpin his social status (Martín was godfather to 13 children between 1737 and 1762, obtained hidalguía between 1752 and 1757, and was mayor ordinario in 1762 and 1767)

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Marriages and Marriage Dispensations in the Kingdom of Murcia, 1773-1832

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000

The graph shows the number of marriage dispensations in relation to the total number of marriages between 1773 and 1832 in the Kingdom of Murcia. These dispensations were granted by the Church when the spouses had consanguinity; kinship in different degrees. From 1780, the increase of consanguineous marriages is progressive and, within the social profile of the peasants, they used it as a strategy to consolidate the family by establishing double marriages. At times of change between the Ancien Régime and the liberal state, a decreasing trend of dispensations has been observed; rather, at the beginning of the 19th century, the Church relaxed these necessary dispensations by changing the degrees of prohibition. The authors point out that, while the number of dispensations decreased, the actual number of consanguineous marriages increased due to this greater permissibility.

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