Estructura del hogar - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:18:08 +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 Estructura del hogar - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Typology of the goods brought to the marriage. Jerez de la Frontera, 18th century https://historylab.es/typology-of-the-goods-brought-to-the-marriage-jerez-de-la-frontera-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=typology-of-the-goods-brought-to-the-marriage-jerez-de-la-frontera-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:46 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/tipologia-de-los-bienes-llevados-al-matrimonio-jerez-de-la-frontera-siglo-xviii/ Composition and typology of the endowed goods in an Andalusian agricultural locality, marking its economic component and sexual differentiation

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]]> The dowry, a form in which the contracting parties contributed movable and immovable property to the marriage in order to have a patrimonial base, was one of the strategies used by families to make their members attractive and thus be able to position them in the best social esteem. The resource shows the typology of the dowry property, according to the sex that provided it, in Jerez de la Frontera during the 18th century. The diversity and composition of the dowry reflects the main roles of each sex: men most frequently provided housing (36%), money (28%), shops (12%), livestock (44%), land (40%), agricultural products (20%) and work equipment (36%); while women offered clothing (47%), jewellery (24%) and land (24%). The man-woman, work-home dichotomy in the patrimonial contribution served as a social cushion for the family. While the contribution of land and cultivation provided the new household with economic consolidation, with work opportunities for future offspring and the acquisition of its own resources, the clothes, money and furniture brought by the woman created the physical home itself. As the author points out, the study of dowry also reflects the socio-professional composition of the municipality. In this case, the large amount of land, although brought to the marriage in small tracts of maximum 2 hectares, shows the clear agricultural orientation of the locality.

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]]> Household structure in Jorquera and Casas Ibáñez (Albacete) by sex and marital status (1753) https://historylab.es/household-structure-in-jorquera-and-casas-ibanez-albacete-by-sex-and-marital-status-1753/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=household-structure-in-jorquera-and-casas-ibanez-albacete-by-sex-and-marital-status-1753 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/estructura-del-hogar-en-jorquera-y-casas-ibanez-albacete-segun-sexo-y-estado-civil-1753/ Resource that reflects the structure of the home in a rural setting on the banks of the River Júcar in Albacete

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]]> The family structure of the household provides us with a great deal of information to configure the society of the Ancien Régime. The Cadastre of the Marqués de la Ensenada, one of the main sources of study for the 18th century, offers us a complete vision of the Castilian household. Particularly, in this case, María del Mar Simón’s research on two rural areas on the banks of the river Júcar in La Manchuela Albacetense, Jorquera and Casas Ibáñez, reflects a generalised trend in an environment well defined by its rural dynamics and economy based on irrigated crops, hemp and flax for the production of textiles in the case of Jorquera, and dry crops, such as saffron and cereal, in the case of Casas Ibáñez. In both towns, the number of married households far exceeded the rest of the compositions (77.37% in Jorquera and 69.29% in Casas Ibáñez), highlighting the importance of widows as heads of household (12.10% and 13.19%), while male widowers tended to have second marriages. The male sector stands out, comparatively speaking, in the area of bachelorhood. One of the main reasons for this is the age of marriage, which is later for men than for women. Churchmen, subject to celibacy, also swelled the ranks of single heads of households, although this position is not considered by the author to be statistically significant. In sum, the male-headed household constituted 72.28% of single women compared to 27.72% of single women.

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]]> Socio-professional group and sex of the relatives in the jurisdiction of the city of Alcaraz (1753-1787) https://historylab.es/socio-professional-group-and-sex-of-the-relatives-in-the-jurisdiction-of-the-city-of-alcaraz-1753-1787/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=socio-professional-group-and-sex-of-the-relatives-in-the-jurisdiction-of-the-city-of-alcaraz-1753-1787 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:27 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/grupo-socio-profesional-y-sexo-de-los-parientes-en-la-jurisdiccion-de-la-ciudad-de-alcaraz-1753-1787/ Household structure linked to the domestic aggregates according to the professions carried out by the heads of household. Process of inversion in the structures throughout the 18th century.

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]]> Within the studies on the family, the analysis based on sex reveals the different characteristics of the household: productive, welfare or ostentatious. The professions set the trends: while among labourers and day labourers the proportion of male relatives living in the household was around 40-45%, merchants, waiters and the liberal professions had the fewest, with 28.6%, 20% and 33.3% respectively. Between 1753 and 1787, the parameters were reversed, with the domestic aggregate among the clergy (from 35.3% to 80.8%), waiters (from 20% to 63.8%) and merchants (28.6% to 65.4%) standing out. In general terms, the presence of men in the household increased by 29.5%, while the number of women fell from 192 (59.6%) to 125 (31.4%). Finally, it is worth noting the importance of servants in the household. By sex, these were determined according to the professions of their employers; in 1753, while among the farm labourers almost 95% of the servants were men, among the members of the liberal professions, women accounted for 40%, a figure which increased over time.

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]]> Children over 25 years old in the household by socio-professional group (jurisdiction of the city of Alcaraz) https://historylab.es/children-over-25-years-old-in-the-household-by-socio-professional-group-jurisdiction-of-the-city-of-alcaraz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=children-over-25-years-old-in-the-household-by-socio-professional-group-jurisdiction-of-the-city-of-alcaraz Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:27 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/hijos-mayores-de-25-anos-en-el-hogar-por-grupos-socio-profesionales-jurisdiccion-de-la-ciudad-de-alcaraz/ Children who remained living in the family nucleus and performed differentiated tasks based on the sex of the siblings and the profession of the head of the household

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]]> The study of household composition leads us to focus on family forces over the age of 25. While women tended to marry early, maids and men who continued to live together in the household did so because of the type of family economy, social status, or various situations such as widowhood or the illness of their parents. Therefore, the professions of the fathers conditioned the future of the sons; the family had political strategies for its reproduction and social maintenance. Therefore, trades such as craftsmen and merchants, where labour was important, tended to be patrimonialised by the family, initiating their descendants into the guild. For their part, labourers, farm labourers and day labourers needed productive labour forces to cultivate the land, although the unequal distribution of land ownership meant that many of these trades depended on specific leases, causing children to seek other alternatives. At the end of the 18th century, these trends only became more pronounced, with women’s percentage growth being particularly noteworthy.

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]]> Household structure and socio-professional group in the Sierra de Alcaraz in 1753 https://historylab.es/household-structure-and-socio-professional-group-in-the-sierra-de-alcaraz-in-1753/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=household-structure-and-socio-professional-group-in-the-sierra-de-alcaraz-in-1753 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:27 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/estructura-del-hogar-y-grupo-socio-profesional-en-la-sierra-de-alcaraz-en-1753/ Household structure according to the activities carried out by the head of the household. Occupation determined the composition of the family.

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]]> The socio-professional group to which one belonged tended to determine the structure of the household. An example of this is the data provided by the Cadastre of the Marqués de la Ensenada for the study of the Sierra de Alcaraz (1753). By professions, farmers, tradesmen and, above all, the groups in the administration and liberal professions have a higher proportion of complex households than day labourers and wage earners. The county average is set by the crafts and trades sector. From these groups, women and farm and livestock labourers, together with the clergy, make up the majority of the solitary household figures. In the formation of the different family groups, numerous variables appear, such as material wealth, status, mentality, family and individual projection, all of which are reflected in the trades carried out by the heads of the family.

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]]> Typology and sex of relatives over 50 years old in central-southern Spain, 1753 https://historylab.es/typology-and-sex-of-relatives-over-50-years-old-in-central-southern-spain-1753/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=typology-and-sex-of-relatives-over-50-years-old-in-central-southern-spain-1753 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:27 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/tipologia-y-sexo-de-los-parientes-con-mas-de-50-anos-en-la-espana-centro-meridional-1753/ Family aggregates over 50 years old within the family nucleus, highlighting the importance of women as cohabitants: mothers and mothers-in-law led the profiles that were most dependent on the household.

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]]> In the mid-18th century in the interior of Spain, the nuclear family model (parents and children) predominated, with sporadic extended models (parents, children and close relatives). In terms of age, 20% of all resident relatives were over 50 years old. If we add sex to this variable, 85.2% were women and 14.7% were men. Among the women, the mother figure stood out considerably, followed by the mother-in-law. From the distance between the two, it can be deduced that their presence was oriented towards care and household tasks. For their part, the presence of cousins, aunts or sisters-in-law was testimonial; the same was true of the men. Thus, the profile of the relatives according to sex, age and kinship denotes a tendency towards temporariness in the household, a temporariness that in no way reflects structural behavioural patterns.

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