Reinado de Carlos IV - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:15:08 +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 IV - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Misery in the women’s prison of Saragossa (1797) https://historylab.es/misery-in-the-womens-prison-of-saragossa-1797/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=misery-in-the-womens-prison-of-saragossa-1797 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/miseria-en-la-carcel-de-mujeres-de-zaragoza-1797/ Document highlighting the plight of women prisoners

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]]> In the women’s prison in Saragossa, which housed inmates from that Kingdom and the Basque Provinces, abuses and punishments were carried out, according to Pedro María Ric, Mayor of Crime of the Court of Aragon. Pedro María was also Judge Protector of the Real Casa de la Galera in Zaragoza. In his attempt to improve the conditions of the prisoners, he proposed that the Archbishopric of Saragossa allocate 3,000 ducats for this purpose on a permanent basis, an objective that was approved by the Council of Castile.

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]]> Shortage of wheat in Lérida increases the price of bread (1797) https://historylab.es/shortage-of-wheat-in-lerida-increases-the-price-of-bread-1797/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shortage-of-wheat-in-lerida-increases-the-price-of-bread-1797 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/escasez-de-trigo-en-lerida-incrementa-el-precio-del-pan-1797/ Poor harvests lead to higher prices

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]]> At the end of the 18th century, the Kingdom of Aragon suffered a cereal shortage. The supply decreased, and the Audiencia of Aragon prohibited the export of grain to cities such as Lérida, Tárrega and Balaguer. As a result, the price of bread rose in these territories, forcing the corregidor of Lleida to ask the Council of Castile to allow the little grain that remained to be extracted. The fin-de-siècle crises joined the administrative borders, hindering the distribution of basic resources. The document, dated 1797, refers to this phenomenon and to the inclement weather that reduced the harvest in March due to snow and ice.

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]]> The El Escorial Conspiracy as seen by an exiled Jesuit (1808) https://historylab.es/the-el-escorial-conspiracy-as-seen-by-an-exiled-jesuit-1808/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-el-escorial-conspiracy-as-seen-by-an-exiled-jesuit-1808 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-conspiracion-de-el-escorial-vista-por-un-jesuita-exiliado-1808/ Jesuit point of view through the diaries of the exiled Manuel Luengo

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]]> The document deals with the so-called Conspiracy of El Escorial from the point of view of the Jesuit exile. This conspiracy consisted of a plot led by Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon to depose Manuel Godoy. It is suspected that the conspiracy was ultimately intended to remove Charles IV from the throne. The Ferdinand attempts failed on 28 October 1807 when the King ordered Ferdinand’s arrest. How did the Jesuits deal with this attempt? The conspiracy was viewed sympathetically; the diary of the Jesuit Manuel Luengo gives evidence of the thoughts of this group: Ferdinand was a victim of Godoy’s political abuses and was entitled to act.

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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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]]> Godoy’s 1797 Census, published in 1801 https://historylab.es/godoys-1797-census-published-in-1801/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=godoys-1797-census-published-in-1801 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/censo-de-godoy-de-1797-publicado-en-1801/ Facsimile of the Godoy Census (1797) published in 1801 and republished by the INE

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]]> This census draws on the experience of the Floridablanca Census (1787). It was commissioned in 1797 and published in full in 1801. However, the data provided by it should be taken with caution; rather, it should be complemented with other historical sources. We can find data by provinces on men, women, bachelors, married, widowed, clerics, and numerous trades such as merchants, craftsmen, farmers or fishmongers.

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