Matrículas universitarias - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 08:00:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Matrículas universitarias - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Percentage evolution of university enrolment in Salamanca during the 17th and 18th centuries https://historylab.es/percentage-evolution-of-university-enrolment-in-salamanca-during-the-17th-and-18th-centuries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=percentage-evolution-of-university-enrolment-in-salamanca-during-the-17th-and-18th-centuries Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-porcentual-de-la-matricula-universitaria-salmantina-durante-los-siglos-xvii-y-xviii/ Table showing the chronological and percentage evolution of enrolments in the university colleges of Salamanca during the 17th and 18th centuries

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]]> 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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]]> Salaries at the 17th century Salamanca university https://historylab.es/salaries-at-the-17th-century-salamanca-university/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=salaries-at-the-17th-century-salamanca-university Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/salarios-en-la-universidad-salmantina-del-siglo-xvii/ The table shows the salaries of the officials of the University of Salamanca between 1632 and 1693

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]]> This research seeks to discover the economic conditions of the university institution in Salamanca during the 16th century. It has been found that the most important item of Salamanca’s expenditure in percentage terms was to cover salaries, both for the professorships and the minor professorships, substitutions and officials, accounting for 55-60% of the total expenditure. The professorships were one of the most costly items, accounting for 35-38% of the expenditure.
As can be seen in the resource, the university services gradually increased their budgets during the 16th century, mainly due to the institution’s own internal growth and the gradual overcoming of a structural crisis that had been dragging on since the beginning of the century. This fact can be seen in the figures of the janitors, secretaries, sweepers and bailiffs.
One of the posts whose salaries were most reduced was that of chaplains, as the University of Salamanca maintained many medieval features during the first half of the 16th century, such as the excessive presence of ecclesiastics and the nature of studies centred on law and theology, which led to a progressive decrease in enrolments for these studies.

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