Censo de la Sal - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:12:47 +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 la Sal - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 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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]]> Salt Census of 1631 https://historylab.es/salt-census-of-1631/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=salt-census-of-1631 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/censo-de-la-sal-de-1631/ Repository and transcription of the Census of Salt taken in 1631

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]]> The website we found hosts numerous volumes of the so-called Censo de la Sal (Salt Census). Carried out under the mandate of Felipe IV in 1631 (pre-census period), it contains information on the salt districts, as well as comments on the neighbourhoods, maps and plans of the salt pans.

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