Élite local - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:08:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Élite local - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Genealogy of the nobility: the Igualada family of Vélez-Málaga (1645-1792) https://historylab.es/genealogy-of-the-nobility-the-igualada-family-of-velez-malaga-1645-1792/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=genealogy-of-the-nobility-the-igualada-family-of-velez-malaga-1645-1792 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/genealogia-de-la-nobleza-la-familia-igualada-de-velez-malaga-1645-1792/ Genealogy of the Igualada family from the mid 17th century to the end of the 18th century

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]]> Genealogy of a family belonging to the local elite of Vélez-Málaga, what some authors have called urban nobility, essentially characterised by their lack of titles but being considered as such in their locality, as well as for being intermediaries between the royal power and their subjects. The Igualadas occupied regidurias in the Municipal Council from the end of the 17th century, gaining access to the post by purchase and carrying out consolidation strategies through marriage links with the families of their fellow councillors or titled nobility, which can be clearly seen in the family tree.

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]]> Family strategies of social groups. The case of Caldelas, Galicia (17th century) https://historylab.es/family-strategies-of-social-groups-the-case-of-caldelas-galicia-17th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=family-strategies-of-social-groups-the-case-of-caldelas-galicia-17th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/estrategias-familiares-de-los-grupos-sociales-el-caso-de-caldelas-galicia-siglo-xvii/ Table of social mobility at the end of the 17th century in Caldelas (Galicia) according to the marriage strategies of the different social groups

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]]> The resource presents marriage strategies and social mobility in the Bajo Miño de Calderas region (Galicia) at the end of the 17th century. The author categorises family dynamics according to the social group to which the contracting members belonged. In this way, the families of the local elite show the most common techniques: marriage alliances linked to consanguinity, strong reproductive capacity and social success. Of the 23 elite families studied, 47% continued to maintain middle or higher status, although a significant number of offspring descended to lower families, 43%, reflecting downward social mobility. For their part, middle families followed the same trends as the upper families, albeit mitigating the impact of upward social destination. These two groups of the affluent fed off each other in social endogamy. Upward mobility was achieved by linking into middle-upper alliances; however, middle-lower marriages were a constant half of social reproduction. Lower families tended to maintain their stratum through social inbreeding relationships, with few but existing examples of upward mobility.

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