Censo de Floridablanca - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:16:00 +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 Floridablanca - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The age of marriage of women in 18th century Spain. A regional overview https://historylab.es/the-age-of-marriage-of-women-in-18th-century-spain-a-regional-overview/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-age-of-marriage-of-women-in-18th-century-spain-a-regional-overview Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-edad-del-matrimonio-de-las-mujeres-en-la-espana-del-siglo-xviii-una-panoramica-regional/ Balance of the age of entry into marriage in the different regions of Spain showing a clear contrast between the north and the south

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]]> In 18th century Spain, women married on average at the age of 23 and men at the age of 25, as corroborated by the Floridablanca Census of 1787. These ages are lower than in Europe, where it was common for women to marry between 25 and 28 and men between 27 and 30. Even so, however, there was a tendency for first marriages to be later than in previous centuries. This trend, however, was not uniform, but seems to have followed a south/north-northwest upward direction, which confirms the existence of an unequal regional reality that we cannot fail to point out. According to Pérez Moreda (1988), in 1787 the first marriages of women in Extremadura were at 21.9 years of age, those in Andalusia at 22.3; those in Valencia at 22.7; those in Castilla La Nueva at 23.4; Castilla la Vieja, 23.7; León, 24.2; Galicia 25.3 and the Basque Country 26.1. Uneven behaviour for which it is not easy to find unicausal explanations. Rather, it is necessary to take into account a variety of factors that to a greater or lesser extent influence marital behaviour: living conditions, work possibilities, economic opportunities, the existence of complementary activities and levels of pluriactivity, the weight of migratory movements, the form of access to resources -and especially to the exploitation of land-, inheritance law, custom, inheritance practices, cultural aspects linked to the medieval past, the logic of family systems, social differences, marital strategies and other mechanisms of social reproduction.

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]]> Servants and the average age of women at marriage in the Crown of Castile in 1787 https://historylab.es/servants-and-the-average-age-of-women-at-marriage-in-the-crown-of-castile-in-1787/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=servants-and-the-average-age-of-women-at-marriage-in-the-crown-of-castile-in-1787 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/criados-y-edad-media-de-la-mujer-al-matrimonio-en-la-corona-de-castilla-en-1787/ Contrasts between North and South Castilian between the number of servants and the age at which women enter into marriage

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]]> The graph shows that among men there was no direct connection between access to marriage and the abandonment of servant work. The three provinces with the highest number of servants (Madrid without the capital, Toledo and Albacete) show how the age of access to marriage is among the lowest in Castile, only surpassed by Ciudad Real, Extremadura, Andalusia and Murcia. The latter had the lowest percentage of servants; a fact that put it in line with the central and northern regions of the peninsula. Of all of them, Galicia, Asturias, León and Burgos stood out for having few servants and a high rate of marriage access (over 24 years of age). The demography, socio-economic structure and life cycles are reflected and differentiated geographically in this graph.

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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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]]> Transcription of the Floridablanca Census of 1787 https://historylab.es/transcription-of-the-floridablanca-census-of-1787/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transcription-of-the-floridablanca-census-of-1787 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/transcripcion-del-censo-de-floridablanca-de-1787/ Repository of the volumes of the Floridablanca Census compiled by INE

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]]> The Floridablanca Census, carried out during the reign of Charles III in 1787, is one of the first censuses carried out using modern accounting techniques. Its aim was to establish the number of the population and to see what trades they carried out. Its data, collected from all the inhabitants of each municipality, are divided by sex, age, profession and marital status. On a collective level they collect data related to the number of hospitals, houses of religion, prisons, etc. 10,268,110 inhabitants were counted in Spain, with varying population densities (the average was 22.7 ahb/Km2). The linked INE wen offers the 6 volumes that correspond to the census and which are divided by geographical areas.

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]]> Number and average size of Spanish cities in 1787 (by historical region) https://historylab.es/number-and-average-size-of-spanish-cities-in-1787-by-historical-region/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=number-and-average-size-of-spanish-cities-in-1787-by-historical-region Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/numero-y-tamano-medio-de-las-ciudades-espanolas-en-1787-por-region-historica/ Regional contrasts in the distribution of urban centres in Spain in 1787

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]]> At the end of the Modern Age, the Spanish urban system benefited from demographic growth. In 1787, there were a total of 191 cities in Spain with more than 5,000 inhabitants. The spatial distribution of cities was especially concentrated in the centre and south of the peninsula: Andalusia, Old Castile, New Castile and Murcia were the territories with the most cities, with 66, 14, 19 and 17 respectively (a total of 116, accounting for more than half of the total). Another important area was the Mediterranean coast: Valencia had 23 and Catalonia 13 cities. The other regions of western and northern Spain, as well as the island territories, were less prolific in the formation of large urban centres. Extremadura, the Balearic Islands, Aragon, the Canary Islands, Galicia, Asturias, the Basque Country and Navarre did not exceed 7 cities. The fundamental element lies in the strength of Castile during the Modern Age, which always had a larger population than the Crown of Aragon. However, despite the fact that the Crown of Aragon had fewer cities, their average size tended to be larger. Thus, Catalan cities were among the largest in Spain with an average size of 17,414 inhabitants, a figure that is only approximated in Castile by Castile la Nueva with 14,669 inhabitants. It is worth mentioning the area of Galicia; although it only had 5 towns, the average size was 12,225 people, a figure similar to that of Valencia (12,817) even though the latter had 23 important nuclei.

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