Pedro de Astrearena - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Pedro de Astrearena - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Ground floor of the house of Don Pedro de Astrearena, Marquis of Murillo, 1746 https://historylab.es/ground-floor-of-the-house-of-don-pedro-de-astrearena-marquis-of-murillo-1746/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ground-floor-of-the-house-of-don-pedro-de-astrearena-marquis-of-murillo-1746 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/planta-baja-de-la-casa-de-don-pedro-de-astrearena-marques-de-murillo-ano-1746/ Plan showing the division by tenant and guest rooms in the house of Don Pedro de Astrearena in 1746

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]]> The dwelling constitutes the main space for families in the Modern Period, both in terms of the ways of life and distribution of people within the houses and during their own cohabitation. These living relationships show great differences between urban and rural spaces, and this study therefore focuses on the inhabitants of Madrid as the capital of the Monarchy and seat of the Cortes during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The article analyses the de facto relationship between the owners of a property and the increasingly common tenants, who were not part of the family unit to which they had been accustomed until then. According to the research of the Planimetría General de Madrid, it is discovered that in the middle of the 18th century, 35% of the properties destined for housing in Madrid belonged to the Church and 11% to the nobility.
In terms of cohabitation, which is the object of study here, two types of owners can be distinguished in Madrid. On the one hand, there were those who lived in a house to live exclusively with their families, while on the other hand, there were individuals who established their habitual residence in houses with a characteristic architectural layout that allowed them to be inhabited by several families, who would then live directly with the owner. In large buildings, even large-scale restructuring of the space was carried out, as in the case in point, in which Don Pedro de Astreana sent his reform project to the Madrid City Council in 1746. The aim of this plan was to create up to ten separate rooms that would serve as living quarters for several people or family groups. In this situation, complete family nuclei would be established that would have nothing to do with those in the adjoining rooms.

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]]> Shares of the Royal Company of San Fernando de Sevilla https://historylab.es/shares-of-the-royal-company-of-san-fernando-de-sevilla/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shares-of-the-royal-company-of-san-fernando-de-sevilla Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:14 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/acciones-de-la-real-compania-de-san-fernando-de-sevilla/ The image depicts shares in the Real Compañía de San Fernando de Sevilla, in favour of Pedro de Astrearena, a resident of Madrid, worth 250 pesos each.

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]]> The Real Compañía de San Fernando was founded in Seville in 1748 to promote trade in the Indies. Each share had a value of 250 pesos fuertes, worth fifteen reales de vellón. The rich engraved decoration on the share makes it a title of great aesthetic value. Its innumerable engravings include images of the Virgin Mary, Saint Ferdinand, Saint Isidore and various emblematic buildings of the city of Seville, such as the Casa de Indias and the Torre del Oro (Golden Tower) over the Guadalquivir. Pedro de Astrearena, the second Marquis of Murillo de Cuende by succession, was the king’s assistant and a shareholder in other trading companies, such as those of Havana and Buenos Aires.

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