Edad Media - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:06:22 +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 Edad Media - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Confirmation of all the privileges, freedoms and liberties of the Lordship of Vizcaya by Emperor Charles V https://historylab.es/confirmation-of-all-the-privileges-freedoms-and-liberties-of-the-lordship-of-vizcaya-by-emperor-charles-v/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=confirmation-of-all-the-privileges-freedoms-and-liberties-of-the-lordship-of-vizcaya-by-emperor-charles-v Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/confirmacion-de-todos-los-fueros-franquezas-y-libertades-del-senorio-de-vizcaya-por-el-emperador-carlos-v/ Confirmation of all the privileges, franchises and liberties of the Lordship of Vizcaya, by the Emperor Charles the Fifth and Dª Juana his mother in Valladolid on 10 July 1523

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]]> One of the most outstanding peculiarities of the history of the Basque provinces lies in the existence of a foral regime, inherited from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age. The fueros, with some exceptions, are laws particular to a town, territory, social group or institution.

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]]> Evolution of the irrigated surface area in the Kingdom of Valencia, 13th-19th centuries https://historylab.es/evolution-of-the-irrigated-surface-area-in-the-kingdom-of-valencia-13th-19th-centuries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evolution-of-the-irrigated-surface-area-in-the-kingdom-of-valencia-13th-19th-centuries Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:46 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-de-la-superficie-de-regadio-en-el-reino-de-valencia-siglos-xiii-xix/ Evolution of irrigation techniques in the Kingdom of Valencia during the Ancient Regime, leading to a greater extension of rice cultivation

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]]> During the Modern Age, the Kingdom of Valencia experienced strong agricultural growth. Agricultural intensification was a more important technique than the mere increase in the cultivated area. It was based on the expansion of irrigation and, consequently, crop substitution. Fallow land was eliminated and a combination of tree crops on the margins of plots and cereal and vegetable rotations were introduced. In short, the area under irrigation increased threefold during the Ancien Régime. Of the Valencian areas, the Ribera del Júcar grew from 1,250 hectares in the 13th century to 29,900 hectares in the 19th century. The reason for this was the greater technical complexity: the rickety and disjointed irrigation system of the first half of the 13th century was replaced by the construction of irrigation channels in the second half of the century, which allowed the irrigated area to increase, formulas which continued to be applied during the beginning of the Valencian modernity and which were subsequently increased in both capacity and extension, leading to a strong irrigation culture. With this improvement in the system, the crop that required a large amount of water was increased: Valencian rice.

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