parroquias - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:07:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg parroquias - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Map of the ecclesiastical division of Spain at the end of the 18th century https://historylab.es/map-of-the-ecclesiastical-division-of-spain-at-the-end-of-the-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=map-of-the-ecclesiastical-division-of-spain-at-the-end-of-the-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:59 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mapa-de-la-division-eclesiastica-de-espana-a-finales-del-siglo-xviii/ Division into archdioceses, dioceses, archpriestships and parishes in Spain

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]]> During the Modern Age, Spain acquired numerous regional and provincial divisions. The different eras and reigns, especially in the 18th century, modified the jurisdictional divisions of the civil administration. The Enlightenment sought a more rationalised structure of Spain with criteria of convergence of interests. However, there was another division, parallel to the civil division, and equally important. This was the ecclesiastical division into archbishoprics. The Spanish ecclesiastical structure took shape during the Reconquest, with the archbishopric of Toledo being the greatest beneficiary on a territorial level due to its central location. Like the civil structure, it underwent changes, arriving at the end of the 18th century with the structures shown on the map. The archbishopric of Toledo was still the most important in the Peninsula and one of the largest, along with the archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. These large areas were subdivided into dioceses and bishoprics and these, in turn, into vicariates, archpriestships and parishes. The complicated interweaving of civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions meant that they did not coincide with each other until well into the contemporary period. Even some provinces, such as Albacete, did not have civil-religious concordance until the creation of its diocese in 1949.

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]]> Amount and distribution of the mandas to the Church of the prebendados of the cathedral of Murcia (1743-1820) https://historylab.es/amount-and-distribution-of-the-mandas-to-the-church-of-the-prebendados-of-the-cathedral-of-murcia-1743-1820/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amount-and-distribution-of-the-mandas-to-the-church-of-the-prebendados-of-the-cathedral-of-murcia-1743-1820 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:13 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/cuantia-y-distribucion-de-las-mandas-a-la-iglesia-de-los-prebendados-de-la-catedral-de-murcia-1743-1820/ Resource that deals with the amount of reals that the chapter of the cathedral of Murcia allocated between 1743 and 1820 to the poor and religious institutions

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]]> The concerns of the transmission of the patrimony for the members of the cathedral chapter of Murcia were their own families. Between 1743 and 1820, 52% of the main beneficiaries of the testamentary mandates of the chapter testify to this. However, the moralist treatises and the doctrine of the Church tried to ensure that the distribution favoured the ecclesiastical institution itself and the poor. How was the distribution and amount of the mandates for these items? As a minority with respect to the total inheritance, the main beneficiary was the cathedral factory with 37,700 reales. The hospital of San Juan de Dios also benefited with 13,220 reales and the Casa de la Misericordia with 9,870 reales. All these institutions had in common the assistance to the poor. Below 9,000 reales, we find ecclesiastical entities: convents, parishes or confraternities, the latter with the lowest contribution: 528.

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]]> Deaths in the parishes of Salamanca during the cholera epidemics of 1834, 1855 and 1885 https://historylab.es/deaths-in-the-parishes-of-salamanca-during-the-cholera-epidemics-of-1834-1855-and-1885/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deaths-in-the-parishes-of-salamanca-during-the-cholera-epidemics-of-1834-1855-and-1885 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:46 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/defunciones-en-las-parroquias-de-salamanca-durante-las-epidemias-colericas-de-1834-1855-y-1885/ Study of deaths in different parishes in Salamanca during the cholera epidemics that devastated the city in 1834, 1855 and 1885

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]]> During the 19th century, cholera was the pandemic par excellence. In the specific case of Salamanca, it caused three major mortality crises in 1834, 1855 and 1885. Due to their disruptive effects on the course of life, cholera epidemics had a great impact on the societies of the time. This disease is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which we now know is transmitted through the ingestion of contaminated water or food. The development of mortality in Salamanca is summarised in this graph, where parish deaths show an upward trend linked to population growth. The main peaks of the three cholera epidemics of 1834, 1855 and 1885-86 are striking, where a significant proportion of the deaths, 35% on average, were not recorded in the parishes. However, the first two epidemics were much more intense, about 8 on the Dupâquier scale, and with a Del Panta and Livi-Bacci index implying more than twice as many deaths as expected. In comparison, the 1885 epidemic is less intense, with an excess mortality of 56% and a Dupâquier index below 3. Thus, the absolute excess mortality would be at its highest in 1855, over 700 deaths, compared to around 600 in 1834 and around 400 in 1885.

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