Bienes - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:06:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Bienes - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Basic consumption basket of the sailors of the Royal Navy in Montevideo (Uruguay), 1770-1810 https://historylab.es/basic-consumption-basket-of-the-sailors-of-the-royal-navy-in-montevideo-uruguay-1770-1810/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basic-consumption-basket-of-the-sailors-of-the-royal-navy-in-montevideo-uruguay-1770-1810 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:52 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/cesta-basica-de-consumo-de-los-marinos-de-la-real-armada-en-montevideo-uruguay-1770-1810/ Amounts, calories and types of goods received by Royal Navy sailors in Montevideo, Uruguay, between 1770-1810

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]]> Montevideo was founded in 1726 by the Spanish Crown on the banks of the Río de la Plata, sharing economic space with Buenos Aires. The Uruguayan region experienced a process of economic and demographic growth whose population grew from 3,000 inhabitants in 1760 to 30,000 in 1810. In this process of population growth, the aim was to adapt the pattern of food consumption to the European basket. Bread, water and wine were dispensed every day, while pulses (chickpeas or rice) and bacon were received once a week; dried fish and salted meat twice a week. In addition, men were to receive salt, oil and firewood for cooking. The above list reflects the type and quantity of provisions that the Royal Navy understood that healthy adult men should receive in order to be in optimum condition during their service. In the reality of the Río de la Plata, the basket of provisions provided to sailors was less varied. The contracts signed by the suppliers of the Royal Navy between 1770 and 1810 stipulated that these sailors were to receive a daily ration consisting of a fixed amount of bread (or failing that, sponge cake), fresh beef, a portion of vegetables and a portion of firewood. However, it should be noted that the stipulated daily provisions would guarantee the Royal Navy sailors stationed in Montevideo a caloric intake of close to 3,000 calories a day, a figure in line with the standards currently established by the World Health Organisation for adult males.

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]]> Typology of the goods brought to the marriage. Jerez de la Frontera, 18th century https://historylab.es/typology-of-the-goods-brought-to-the-marriage-jerez-de-la-frontera-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=typology-of-the-goods-brought-to-the-marriage-jerez-de-la-frontera-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:46 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/tipologia-de-los-bienes-llevados-al-matrimonio-jerez-de-la-frontera-siglo-xviii/ Composition and typology of the endowed goods in an Andalusian agricultural locality, marking its economic component and sexual differentiation

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]]> The dowry, a form in which the contracting parties contributed movable and immovable property to the marriage in order to have a patrimonial base, was one of the strategies used by families to make their members attractive and thus be able to position them in the best social esteem. The resource shows the typology of the dowry property, according to the sex that provided it, in Jerez de la Frontera during the 18th century. The diversity and composition of the dowry reflects the main roles of each sex: men most frequently provided housing (36%), money (28%), shops (12%), livestock (44%), land (40%), agricultural products (20%) and work equipment (36%); while women offered clothing (47%), jewellery (24%) and land (24%). The man-woman, work-home dichotomy in the patrimonial contribution served as a social cushion for the family. While the contribution of land and cultivation provided the new household with economic consolidation, with work opportunities for future offspring and the acquisition of its own resources, the clothes, money and furniture brought by the woman created the physical home itself. As the author points out, the study of dowry also reflects the socio-professional composition of the municipality. In this case, the large amount of land, although brought to the marriage in small tracts of maximum 2 hectares, shows the clear agricultural orientation of the locality.

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