La Laguna - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 14:56:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg La Laguna - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Evolution of the rate of rent for the fortunes of Dehesa de La Laguna (1712-1769). https://historylab.es/evolution-of-the-rate-of-rent-for-the-fortunes-of-dehesa-de-la-laguna-1712-1769/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evolution-of-the-rate-of-rent-for-the-fortunes-of-dehesa-de-la-laguna-1712-1769 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:48 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-de-la-tasa-de-la-renta-de-las-suertes-de-la-dehesa-de-la-laguna-1712-1769/ Average income level in Tenerife

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]]> The generalisation of long-term leases in the 17th century led to a relaxation of the pressure on the Cabildo’s tenants of the dehesa. The behaviour of agrarian rent in the middle of the century shows a moderate fall in the rate in the last two leases, which is not in line with the national upward trend from 1754-1774. The lease system inaugurated in 1712 maintained long leases fixed in six-year periods, but spurred strong competition in the auctions. For the 18th century we do not have the sown area because we do not know the number of suertes dedicated to private pastures: the calculations are based on cultivated area. Despite the discrepancy in the indicators, the income per unit of sown area did not reach the extreme values that occurred in the middle of the 16th century, despite the agricultural improvement and the increase in the agricultural product. The Cabildo managed to increase its gross income compared to the most lucrative auctions of the 16th century, which was really important for the corporation. In the mid-16th century, the income from the dehesa amounted to 4,000 bushels of wheat, and the auctions of 1712-1769 were between 5,315 and 6,782 bushels, without taking into account the exaggerated decline of the 1728 auction.

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]]> The population of La Laguna (Tenerife) according to tazmias of the 16th century https://historylab.es/the-population-of-la-laguna-tenerife-according-to-tazmias-of-the-16th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-population-of-la-laguna-tenerife-according-to-tazmias-of-the-16th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:02 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-poblacion-de-la-laguna-tenerife-segun-tazmias-del-siglo-xvi/ Population in La Laguna, Tenerife, during the 16th century

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]]> In the mid-16th century, it can be seen how the Cabildo sought to direct the offer of land to the small peasantry in order to increase the number of participants in the auctions. The most reliable population figures for the city indicate that the annual rate of population growth was particularly strong in the 1550s, coinciding with the high rents reached by the council lots and the complaints of the farmers about the auction system. It is not known at present when the demographic pressure eased, although it probably continued until the plague epidemic of 1582-1583, which was a great blow to the city and was reflected in the negative rate of the following intercensal period. Thus, between 1531-1592, the population of La Laguna varied slightly from the second half of the century onwards, maintaining very similar levels that reached their maximum in 1559.

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