Políticas familiares - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 14:54:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Políticas familiares - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Map of the areas of single heir predominance in Aragon during the Modern Age https://historylab.es/map-of-the-areas-of-single-heir-predominance-in-aragon-during-the-modern-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=map-of-the-areas-of-single-heir-predominance-in-aragon-during-the-modern-age Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mapa-de-las-areas-de-predominio-de-heredero-unico-en-aragon-durante-la-edad-moderna/ Map showing the greater implementation of the family policy of the sole heir in the Kingdom of Aragon during the Modern Age, as opposed to the egalitarian distribution of inheritance

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]]> During the Modern Age, the Kingdom of Aragon had a system of unequal transmission of inheritance, i.e. the testator had free disposal of his goods to bequeath them in any quantity and amount to the parent or parents he wished, obliged only to reserve 5 sueldos in money and 5 in white lands for each of the legitimate children. In effect, for all those with sufficient movable and immovable property to bequeath, a single heir could be chosen almost exclusively, in contrast to the Castilian system of equal distribution of inheritance. The resource shows the distribution in the Kingdom of Aragon of the areas where the family policy of the sole heir predominated; in the north, the Pyrenean valleys and the Cinca valley, and in Lower Aragon, the districts of Matarraña and Guadalope. For these areas, the author observes that the sole heir used to receive real estate on condition that it formed part of his matrimonial capitulation. However, the rest of the kingdom opted for an equal distribution, although there were several variants depending on family affinity or the carrying out of a “quita”: leaving the inheritance to the spouse and the latter, upon testament, distributing it among those children who showed the best behaviour, or reserving assets to be used for the salvation of the soul through the masses of souls, the foundation of chaplaincies, patronages or pious works.

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]]> Inheritance distribution in the province of León in the 18th century https://historylab.es/inheritance-distribution-in-the-province-of-leon-in-the-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inheritance-distribution-in-the-province-of-leon-in-the-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:07 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/reparto-de-la-herencia-en-la-provincia-de-leon-en-el-siglo-xviii/ Table analysing the distribution of inheritance according to the socio-economic and geographical structure of the province of León in the 18th century. The unequal inheritance in mountain areas stands out

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]]> The distribution of inheritance was one of the main concerns of the testators. During the 18th century in the province of León there was a direct relationship between the socio-economic structural framework and the choice of the inheritance model. The egalitarian distribution in the agrarian areas of Cea-Campos, the Vega del Esla and the Páramo stands out. However, despite having a similar agrarian model, the mountain area had some differences with respect to the rest of the province of León: there was a tendency towards the improvement of the third and fifth (between 36.5% and 42.8%) and the testamentary mandates (30.5%-38.5%) which favoured a first-born son in contrast to the rest of the offspring. The limited arable land in these territories marked the family strategy aimed at guaranteeing the biological reproduction of at least one member of the family, without social descent. Indeed, the possible disintegration of the patrimony would condition the marital choice to lower strata; a downward social mobility that the families wanted to avoid.

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