Reinado de Carlos III - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:12:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Reinado de Carlos III - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Pasquines threatening the Governor of Cartagena over the price of bread (1766) https://historylab.es/pasquines-threatening-the-governor-of-cartagena-over-the-price-of-bread-1766/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pasquines-threatening-the-governor-of-cartagena-over-the-price-of-bread-1766 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/pasquines-amenazantes-al-gobernador-de-cartagena-por-el-precio-del-pan-1766/ Conflict over price increases in Cartagena

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]]> The increase in prices in Cartagena in the middle of the 18th century provoked unrest among the population. Some people sent a letter to the Governor of the city asking him to reduce the price of foodstuffs, on pain of being “burnt and fried in boiling oil”. The document then continues with the news that the following day bread was sold for eight quarters, made of water and flour; there would be enough for everyone.

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]]> Increase of bakers to prevent a riot in Palencia (1766) https://historylab.es/increase-of-bakers-to-prevent-a-riot-in-palencia-1766/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=increase-of-bakers-to-prevent-a-riot-in-palencia-1766 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/incremento-de-panaderos-para-evitar-un-motin-en-palencia-1766/ Measures to prevent riots caused by price increases

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]]> In the second half of the 18th century, the price of bread increased in many Spanish cities. The unrest among the population meant that the authorities tried to take measures to avoid riots. In Palencia, we know that in 1766, the corregidor José Firmat informed the Count of Aranda (president of the Council) of the increase in the number of bakers with ovens paid for by the Town Council in order to avoid riots. The date of the document, 22 April, only foretold the riot that took place a day later in the city, where gangs of young men asked for a reduction in the price of foodstuffs, which was immediately granted by the mayor.

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]]> Letter from Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, to Charles III regarding the Jesuits’ property (1773) https://historylab.es/letter-from-maria-theresa-empress-of-austria-to-charles-iii-regarding-the-jesuits-property-1773/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-from-maria-theresa-empress-of-austria-to-charles-iii-regarding-the-jesuits-property-1773 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/carta-de-maria-teresa-emperatriz-de-austria-a-carlos-iii-sobre-los-bienes-de-los-jesuitas-1773/ The Empress of Austria's claim to obtain the property of the Jesuit Society so that it would not go to the Vatican

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]]> The extinction of the Jesuits provoked a conflict between the Papacy and Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria. The dialectic and conflict of power between Church and State was reflected in the fact that Maria Theresa wanted the assets obtained from the Jesuits to go to her civil jurisdiction, to the detriment of the Vatican’s claims. The Empress argued that in Spain, France, Portugal and Naples the goods of the Society fell to the State. Charles III supported her in this request.

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]]> Dressing in the French style according to the occupations of young people in Madrid, 1751-1800 https://historylab.es/dressing-in-the-french-style-according-to-the-occupations-of-young-people-in-madrid-1751-1800/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dressing-in-the-french-style-according-to-the-occupations-of-young-people-in-madrid-1751-1800 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vestir-a-la-francesa-segun-las-ocupaciones-de-los-jovenes-de-madrid-1751-1800/ Professional fields where French-style dress was predominant

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]]> During the second half of the 18th century, young people in Madrid showed a change in trends with respect to the professional groups who wore French garments. If at the beginning of the century it was the military, nobles and officers of the Royal Household who most used Gallic clothing, the “fashion” gradually spread to the bourgeois classes linked to education, technical competence, security, doctors and apothecaries. Twenty percent of this group was now above the military, the nobility and the Royal Household (4%, 5% and 6% respectively), as well as clerks, businessmen and those connected with the guilds and crafts. Overall, French-style dress became the fashion throughout the 18th century.

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]]> Transcription of the Floridablanca Census of 1787 https://historylab.es/transcription-of-the-floridablanca-census-of-1787/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=transcription-of-the-floridablanca-census-of-1787 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/transcripcion-del-censo-de-floridablanca-de-1787/ Repository of the volumes of the Floridablanca Census compiled by INE

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]]> The Floridablanca Census, carried out during the reign of Charles III in 1787, is one of the first censuses carried out using modern accounting techniques. Its aim was to establish the number of the population and to see what trades they carried out. Its data, collected from all the inhabitants of each municipality, are divided by sex, age, profession and marital status. On a collective level they collect data related to the number of hospitals, houses of religion, prisons, etc. 10,268,110 inhabitants were counted in Spain, with varying population densities (the average was 22.7 ahb/Km2). The linked INE wen offers the 6 volumes that correspond to the census and which are divided by geographical areas.

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