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Rate of growth of the Salamancan collegiates between 1551 and 1596

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000

Among the students of Salamanca in the 16th century, we can distinguish between those who belonged to the city itself, those who belonged to a religious or secular community, the pupils and those who could afford the expense of lodging their children in the city so that they could study. In addition, there was a type of college which offered scholarships to students who fulfilled certain conditions, and which served to support them financially and in terms of means during their studies. These colleges could be divided into regular colleges, secular colleges and colleges of the Military Orders.
Thus, from 1566 onwards, the number of collegiate students increased considerably in all three types, until, in 1571, the military order colleges and, in 1581, the secular colleges began to decline steadily. The regular colleges, on the other hand, began an unstoppable rise from 1566 to the end of the century, almost doubling the number of students and tripling the number of military order collegiates.

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Geographical origin of the seminarians of San Pelagio (Cordoba, 17th century)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:48 +0000

Session XXIII of the Council of Trent (1545-1563) agreed to the creation of centres dedicated exclusively to priestly formation. The centres were to be controlled by the bishops of each diocese and the financial endowment was to come from episcopal and capitular revenues. The loss of income on the part of the diocesan councils, and the opposition of the existing colleges and universities that also trained the clergy, meant that the new seminaries were only slightly established. In the case of the diocese of Cordoba, the Seminary of San Pelagio was established between 1583 and 1600. Where did the new seminarians come from? Of the 352 students that the institution had in the 17th century, the vast majority, 315, were born in the diocese and province of Cordoba (89.49%), followed by the towns also belonging to the bishopric of Cordoba, but not to the civil province (23, 6.54%). A further 13 pupils (3.69%) were born in neither the jurisdiction of the bishopric nor the civil province of Cordoba, and only 1 pupil (0.28%) was from a town in the province, but whose ecclesiastical jurisdiction differed. By origin, the vast majority came from rural areas (294 pupils, 86.73%), and 13.27% were from the city of Cordoba. The author notes that, although the capital of Córdoba accounted for 13.27% of the total, the 45 pupils from that city constituted the largest number of pupils from the same nucleus, followed by rural areas such as Castro del Río (21) and Pozoblanco (18).

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Pupil cost evolution (1595-1628)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000

From the first half of the 16th century onwards, the University of Salamanca provided accommodation for students who would be tutored by a bachelor so that the young people could progress in their studies while having basic aspects such as food, religious education and board covered.
Not all the boarding schools were of the same social category and did not pay the same price, but it is clear from the figures that the great majority came from privileged social groups with economic possibilities. Parents would commission this boarding as an investment in order to make their children more profitable for them.
As opposed to this complete boarding school, other models emerged, such as the governorship or the camaristas, with more economically accessible services because each one covered their needs with the amounts they could contribute, and not a fixed rate for all of them, with the cost of maintenance being approximately 65% of the total.

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Percentage evolution of university enrolment in Salamanca during the 17th and 18th centuries

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000

During the 17th and 18th centuries there was a sharp fall in the number of university enrolments in Salamanca, from almost 5,000 in 1614-1615 to less than 1,500 in 1784-1785. The decrease during the 18th century is due, in part, to the repercussions of the War of Succession, which marked the first half of the century significantly.
In terms of proportional participation, the secular colleges increased throughout the 17th century, reaching 21.3% of the total in 1714-1715. From this point onwards, the reformist measures of Charles III brought these figures down to 9% in 1784-1785. The opposite happened then with the mathematicians, who fell progressively in the sixteenth century to recover again at the end of the eighteenth century, reaching a majority share of 66.8% of the total enrolments in Salamanca. Finally, enrolments in the regular collegiate schools grew the most throughout the 17th century, rising from 8.1% in 1614-1615 to 30.2% at the end of the century, a trend that continued until the last third of the 18th century, dropping to 24% in 1784-1785.

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