Principado de Cataluña - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 14:53:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Principado de Cataluña - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Silver coin issues in the Crown of Aragon (1480-1598) https://historylab.es/silver-coin-issues-in-the-crown-of-aragon-1480-1598/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silver-coin-issues-in-the-crown-of-aragon-1480-1598 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:13 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/emisiones-de-moneda-de-plata-en-la-corona-de-aragon-1480-1598/ Table analysing the evolution of silver coinage in the Crown of Aragon after the arrival of silver from the American continent

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]]> The discovery of America by the Hispanic Monarchy led to the use of Castilian reales in the Crown of Aragon due to the remittances of silver received by Castile. Ferdinand the Catholic sought to increase the legal value of the silver coins of the Aragonese crown so that they would not be annulled, nominally devaluing the vellon to facilitate conversion with the Castilian reales. The monarch refused to reduce the weight of the silver coins during his reign in order to prevent their export. why were the Valencian dieciochenos exported? Their weight in silver exceeded the nominal value which the law recognised. During the reign of Charles V between 1480 and 1598, the weight of the silver coinage in the Crown of Aragon tended to be reduced in the Kingdom of Valencia, without any loss of value. Thus, the weight of the Valencian dieciocheno was reduced by 25.25% in 1522 and by 29% in 1547. Compared to the Valencian money market, the Catalan one was more stable. In fact, the weight of the Catalan croat remained constant at 3.23 grams throughout the 17th century.

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]]> Silver coin issues in the Crown of Aragon (1601-1700) https://historylab.es/silver-coin-issues-in-the-crown-of-aragon-1601-1700/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silver-coin-issues-in-the-crown-of-aragon-1601-1700 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:13 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/emisiones-de-moneda-de-plata-en-la-corona-de-aragon-1601-1700/ Table showing the evolution of silver coin issues in the Aragonese crown, as well as the variables that were specific to them and altered them according to monetary policy: weight and nominal value

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]]> For the Crown of Aragon, made up of the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and the principality of Catalonia, the issue of silver coins was one of the main concerns of the monetary economy. If during the 16th century the weight of the Valencian dieciocheno had to be reduced so as not to exceed its legal tender value and thus avoid its export, the 17th century saw similar measures for the Catalan “croat” and real and the Valencian dieciocheno itself. In the first case, the 3.12 grams that the croat had weighed since 1493 was reduced in 1619 to 3.04 grams, reaching 2.81 grams in 1653. The Catalan real fell from 2.5 grams to 2.04 between 1674 and 1698. For its part, the Valencian silver coin ended the century at 1.87 grams, almost half the 3 grams it weighed in 1480. However, the Aragonese real remained at a fixed weight of 3.42 for more than a century: from 1519 to 1652. All these adjustments were carried out as reforms aimed at readjusting the silver to the fleece.

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]]> Typology of offences committed by the clergy of the diocese of Barcelona (1570-1650) https://historylab.es/typology-of-offences-committed-by-the-clergy-of-the-diocese-of-barcelona-1570-1650/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=typology-of-offences-committed-by-the-clergy-of-the-diocese-of-barcelona-1570-1650 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:07 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/tipologia-de-los-delitos-del-clero-de-la-diocesis-de-barcelona-1570-1650/ The nature of offences committed by the clergy of the diocese of Barcelona in a post-Tridentine context

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]]> The diocese of Barcelona was the second most important and oldest ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona during the modern period. The bishops of Barcelona, like their counterparts in other parts of the monarchy, were important agents of cohesion and loyalty to the Crown. The good harmony between the throne and the altar fostered social order, an order in which litigation and crime were not exempt. Analysing the latter, we place ourselves in the period of the Counter-Reformation, after the Council of Trent (1545-1563). The author specifies 873 diocesan processes between 1570 and 1650, of which 106 belonged to the clergy of the diocese of Barcelona. The majority of the offences were for physical aggression (21.69%), followed by adultery (15.09%), carrying weapons (14.15%) and verbal aggression (8.49%). The typological distribution of offences may be related to the structural nature of violence in the Principality of Catalonia in the early modern period. The clergy, no stranger to these dynamics, trained and sometimes collaborated with bandits. This led to the appearance of crimes of assault, rape, fraud and robbery. Also, within the clergy themselves, they had disputes over issues related to parish benefices or the non-return of ornaments and sacred vestments left on loan. Despite the provisions promulgated at Trent, the parish clergy were more immersed in local than doctrinal issues.

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