Inflación - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:09:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Inflación - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Bread prices in Trujillo (Cáceres) between 1551 and 1610 https://historylab.es/bread-prices-in-trujillo-caceres-between-1551-and-1610/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bread-prices-in-trujillo-caceres-between-1551-and-1610 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/precio-del-pan-en-trujillo-caceres-entre-1551-y-1610/ Graph showing the price of bread in Trujillo (Cáceres) during the second half of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century

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]]> As in many other places in Castile, one of the problems in Trujillo was to ensure sufficient food and provisions to meet social demand. Inflation in the 16th century affected many basic necessities, with the price of bread being a significant example. The data show large inter-annual fluctuations, reaching the highest levels in years when the price of bread soared, mainly due to bad harvests.
From 1570 onwards, the price of bread fell progressively and then rose again from 1575 onwards, maintaining rising prices for almost 10 years. As can be seen at the beginning of 1580, at the end of the 16th century and at the beginning of the 17th century, the price of bread reached progressive peaks, reaching its highest point in 1606 and falling again until 1610.
The rise in the price of wheat led the municipality to try to fix the price of some primary goods such as bread. Thus, its manufacture and distribution was regulated by ordinances and agreements that were revised every week.

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]]> Consumer basket in Seville (1521-1603) https://historylab.es/consumer-basket-in-seville-1521-1603/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=consumer-basket-in-seville-1521-1603 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/cesta-de-consumo-en-sevilla-1521-1603/ Table showing the evolution of food consumption of an adult male in Seville. Rising rent prices had an impact on the lack of access to expensive calories (meat and fish)

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]]> The resource shows the evolution of an adult’s annual consumption of the basic products of the shopping basket in Seville between 1521 and 1603. Seville, the only port authorised to trade with America, was part of the general dynamics of the inflation processes that occurred between the mid-15th and early 16th centuries. As a result, access to foodstuffs could become more difficult and consumption could fall. Foodstuffs such as bread, chickpeas and cow products were the most commonly used. However, over time it was observed that the increase in bread intake reduced the consumption of meat and fish. On this occasion, the author explains the different consumption patterns by referring to the increase in the price of house rent between 1530 and 1555, which was 288% higher, and between 1555 and 1585, which was 205% more expensive; to the greater amount of money available and to changes in the relationship between supply and demand. Thus, with a lower purchasing power, and in general terms, the expensive calories, extracted from meat and fish, were replaced by cheap calories, such as bread, bacon, legumes and dried fruits.

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