Crisis demográfica - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:58:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Crisis demográfica - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Baptisms and deaths in Villafáfila (Zamora), 1575-1599 https://historylab.es/baptisms-and-deaths-in-villafafila-zamora-1575-1599/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baptisms-and-deaths-in-villafafila-zamora-1575-1599 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/bautizos-y-defunciones-en-villafafila-zamora-1575-1599/ Graph showing the evolution between 1575 and 1599 of deaths and baptisms in the parish of San Salvador de Villafáfila (Zamora)

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]]> Coinciding with the last years of the reign of Philip II, Zamora experienced a period of demographic and economic crisis, linked to the excessive fiscal pressure of the monarch and a series of bad harvests that condemned the population of Zamora to a marked increase in mortality and a general impoverishment of the population. Through the censuses, censuses, neighbourhoods and lists of trades, a chronological evolution can be established for the inhabitants of Villafáfila, showing a progressive increase in mortality during practically the last quarter of the 16th century, until 1599, when the plague epidemic marked the peak in the mortality rate for the whole period.
With regard to baptisms and births, until 1586 the town managed to maintain a positive vegetative balance, but from this year onwards the balance became negative. This situation was to continue in the last years of the century – between 1593 and 1597 – in which the number of baptisms did not exceed 7 children a year, with between 2 and 3 being baptised during these years. This situation is the clear cause of a great loss of residents and would mark the socio-economic level of the town for the following generations.

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]]> Demographic evolution of a Valencian town, according to the number of tax households (“focs”) declared in the morabatí tax: Almazora, 1373-1529 https://historylab.es/demographic-evolution-of-a-valencian-town-according-to-the-number-of-tax-households-focs-declared-in-the-morabati-tax-almazora-1373-1529/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demographic-evolution-of-a-valencian-town-according-to-the-number-of-tax-households-focs-declared-in-the-morabati-tax-almazora-1373-1529 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:31 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-demografica-de-una-villa-valenciana-segun-el-numero-de-hogares-fiscales-focs-declarados-en-el-impuesto-del-morabati-almazora-1373-1529/ Demographic evolution in Almazora (Valencia) and its harmony with the region

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]]> Between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of Modernity, the town of Almazora had a low population despite being a considerable centre of agricultural resources. The decreasing trend since the late Middle Ages can be observed through the tax records known as “llibres del morabatí” (morabatí books); a tax that the wealthiest family units (focs) paid every 7 years. According to these records, the population decreased in proportion to the instability of the area. From the general period of population loss between 1373 and 1529, there were two distinct phases. The first corresponds to the end of the 14th century until the first years of the 15th century. The second phase began in the 1420s with an abrupt decline until it recovered slightly at the beginning of the 16th century. These demographic dynamics are in line with those of the region: Castellón, Onda, Villarreal and Burriana show similar behaviour.

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