Rentas - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:19:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Rentas - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Correspondence sent by the Duke of Lerma to the Aragonese Council in 1609 https://historylab.es/correspondence-sent-by-the-duke-of-lerma-to-the-aragonese-council-in-1609/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=correspondence-sent-by-the-duke-of-lerma-to-the-aragonese-council-in-1609 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:35 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/correspondencia-enviada-por-el-duque-de-lerma-al-consejo-aragones-en-1609/ Written statement by the Duke of Lerma presenting his uncertainties regarding the expulsion of the Moors

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]]> The expulsion of the Moors from Spain was an operation designed more for political purposes than with the consequences of this titanic operation in mind. The signing of a humiliating truce with the United Provinces forced the monarchy to save face, the Moorish question being a propitious opportunity. It seemed at last that the monarch was aware of the potential danger of this population (despite the fact that the Ottomans no longer had any appetite for the western Mediterranean as early as 1580). The expulsion was at the same time an opportunity for the Valencian lords, who for centuries had been receiving static rents that had not kept pace with the rise in prices resulting from the influx of precious metals from the Indies. The opportunity to put an end to the emphyteutic contracts and gain access to other more advantageous types of contracts such as leases were some of the reasons for the nobility’s collaboration in agreeing to the expulsion of their Moorish subjects. The idea was that the territories would be repopulated with Old Christians brought from other regions. However, the results were catastrophic. Only the great nobles were somehow able to make up for the Moorish loss. For the rest, not as many repopulators arrived, nor were they all interested in settling under the new conditions. Some of the nobility were ruined within a few years, because they had already had an unbridled standard of living with the Moorish presence and were carrying huge debts. With the expulsion of the Moors, not only were they unable to repay their debts, but they could no longer even support themselves due to the depopulation of their lands.

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]]> Inventory of goods and income of Don Cristóbal de Bustos Carrasco Balboa, from the entailed estates of Balboa, Carrasco and Cernúsculi. Huéscar, 1752 https://historylab.es/inventory-of-goods-and-income-of-don-cristobal-de-bustos-carrasco-balboa-from-the-entailed-estates-of-balboa-carrasco-and-cernusculi-huescar-1752/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inventory-of-goods-and-income-of-don-cristobal-de-bustos-carrasco-balboa-from-the-entailed-estates-of-balboa-carrasco-and-cernusculi-huescar-1752 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:16 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/inventario-de-bienes-y-rentas-de-don-cristobal-de-bustos-carrasco-balboa-provenientes-de-los-mayorazgos-de-balboa-carrasco-y-cernusculi-huescar-1752/ Inventory of goods and annuities of the mayorazgos of Balboa, Carrasco and Cernúsculi accumulated in 1752 in Huéscar (Granada)

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]]> Transcribed document of the inventory of goods and rents made in 1752 from the Balboa, Carrasco and Cernúsculi entailed estates accumulated by Don Cristóbal de Bustos Carrasco Balboa. This is an example of the patrimony of the members of the power elite of a mountainous area of southern Spain such as Huéscar (Granada) in the mid-18th century. All properties are detailed, with special mention of the land, specifying the extension, quality, type of crops, number of trees and vines as well as the location. It also lists houses, plots of land, censuses and a flour mill, all of them with their annual income. The inventory is valued at 56,676 reales 30 mrs/year, and above all the irrigated land, which is worth 44,023 reales 13 mrs/year

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