Censo de Aranda - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:58:51 +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 Censo de Aranda - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Jurisdiction of Palencia’s vassals in the last third of the 18th century https://historylab.es/jurisdiction-of-palencias-vassals-in-the-last-third-of-the-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jurisdiction-of-palencias-vassals-in-the-last-third-of-the-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/jurisdicion-de-los-vasallos-palentinos-en-el-ultimo-tercio-del-siglo-xviii/ Table showing the jurisdictional ascription of Palencia's vassals in 1769

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]]> The Aranda Census in the last third of the 18th century reveals the great administrative division present in the province of Palencia, which was subject to the jurisdiction of several lords who applied different local rules to each of their territories. Thus, in 1769 the census showed that 73.7% of the inhabitants of Palencia resided under the jurisdiction of a lord who was not the king. The model of realengo, similar to other provinces such as Burgos, was maintained, with settlement in small villages of few inhabitants and separated from each other, which favoured direct government by a lord.
Furthermore, 68.8% of the inhabitants of Palencia were answerable to a lay lord, continuing the downward trend of ecclesiastical lordships since even before the confiscations of the 16th century, so that the disappearance of religious jurisdictions only served to allow another, better established lord to absorb into his domains as many smaller towns.

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