Reinado de Felipe IV - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:12:47 +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 Felipe IV - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 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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]]> Customs tariffs in the ports of Seville and Cadiz at the end of the 17th century https://historylab.es/customs-tariffs-in-the-ports-of-seville-and-cadiz-at-the-end-of-the-17th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=customs-tariffs-in-the-ports-of-seville-and-cadiz-at-the-end-of-the-17th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:07 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/tarifas-aduaneras-en-los-puertos-de-sevilla-y-cadiz-a-finales-del-siglo-xvii/ Comparative table of customs prices in the ports of Seville and Cadiz. The resource shows the fiscal benefits of the latter city in line with a policy based on customs imbalance

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]]> The customs tariffs of the ports of Seville and Cadiz, the main platforms for trade with America, are marked by the struggle of the two cities for tax advantages. During the 17th century, many merchants and traders moved from Seville to Cadiz due to the facilities offered by the port of Cadiz, both in terms of navigation and customs measures and taxes. While Seville collected the almojarifazgo de Indias, the alcabala and the saca, in 1665 the merchants of Cadiz reduced the alcabala from 10% to 4% after buying the right to collect it from the King. In this way, the tax burden in the port of Seville was around 30%, while in Cadiz, as we have seen, only 4% was applied. The author reflects in the resource the different customs tariffs according to the product and represented in reales de vellón. The comparison of prices resulted in the Sevillian protest; in 1666 the monarch ordered the equalisation of the almojarifazgo taxes in all customs offices, a measure that was never implemented. Thus, during the last 20 years of the 17th century, the Customs landlords favoured and benefited the trade of Cadiz: a commercial growth that was reflected in the population, from 2,000/4,000 inhabitants in 1,600 to 40,000 in 1,700.

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]]> Salt Census of 1631 https://historylab.es/salt-census-of-1631/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=salt-census-of-1631 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/censo-de-la-sal-de-1631/ Repository and transcription of the Census of Salt taken in 1631

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]]> The website we found hosts numerous volumes of the so-called Censo de la Sal (Salt Census). Carried out under the mandate of Felipe IV in 1631 (pre-census period), it contains information on the salt districts, as well as comments on the neighbourhoods, maps and plans of the salt pans.

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