Reproducción social - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:56:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Reproducción social - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Marriage contract of Antonio María de Munibe Aréizaga and Josefa Joaquina de Aranguren Álava https://historylab.es/marriage-contract-of-antonio-maria-de-munibe-areizaga-and-josefa-joaquina-de-aranguren-alava/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marriage-contract-of-antonio-maria-de-munibe-areizaga-and-josefa-joaquina-de-aranguren-alava Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:58 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/contrato-matrimonial-de-antonio-maria-de-munibe-areizaga-y-josefa-joaquina-de-aranguren-alava/ Document containing the marriage contract of Antonio María de Munibe Aréizaga and Josefa Joaquina de Aranguren Álava, descendants of two prominent 18th century families of the Royal Bascongada Society of Friends of the Country.

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]]> The social behaviour of the Basque families most closely linked to the Court and to the political, economic and cultural activities of the Age of Enlightenment followed very marked patterns. In this sense, the marriage policy of these families was determined by the linking of their members with each other, as the case of the Munibe-Aranguren-Álava families demonstrates. These three families were closely linked to the Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País and the projects derived from it. In this context, the three families became linked by marriage, thus consolidating their relationships and family strategies.

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]]> Map of the areas of single heir predominance in Aragon during the Modern Age https://historylab.es/map-of-the-areas-of-single-heir-predominance-in-aragon-during-the-modern-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=map-of-the-areas-of-single-heir-predominance-in-aragon-during-the-modern-age Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mapa-de-las-areas-de-predominio-de-heredero-unico-en-aragon-durante-la-edad-moderna/ Map showing the greater implementation of the family policy of the sole heir in the Kingdom of Aragon during the Modern Age, as opposed to the egalitarian distribution of inheritance

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]]> During the Modern Age, the Kingdom of Aragon had a system of unequal transmission of inheritance, i.e. the testator had free disposal of his goods to bequeath them in any quantity and amount to the parent or parents he wished, obliged only to reserve 5 sueldos in money and 5 in white lands for each of the legitimate children. In effect, for all those with sufficient movable and immovable property to bequeath, a single heir could be chosen almost exclusively, in contrast to the Castilian system of equal distribution of inheritance. The resource shows the distribution in the Kingdom of Aragon of the areas where the family policy of the sole heir predominated; in the north, the Pyrenean valleys and the Cinca valley, and in Lower Aragon, the districts of Matarraña and Guadalope. For these areas, the author observes that the sole heir used to receive real estate on condition that it formed part of his matrimonial capitulation. However, the rest of the kingdom opted for an equal distribution, although there were several variants depending on family affinity or the carrying out of a “quita”: leaving the inheritance to the spouse and the latter, upon testament, distributing it among those children who showed the best behaviour, or reserving assets to be used for the salvation of the soul through the masses of souls, the foundation of chaplaincies, patronages or pious works.

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]]> Evolution of the proportion of those sponsored by an ecclesiastic in the diocese of Lugo. 16th-19th centuries https://historylab.es/evolution-of-the-proportion-of-those-sponsored-by-an-ecclesiastic-in-the-diocese-of-lugo-16th-19th-centuries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=evolution-of-the-proportion-of-those-sponsored-by-an-ecclesiastic-in-the-diocese-of-lugo-16th-19th-centuries Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:48 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/evolucion-de-la-proporcion-de-apadrinados-por-un-eclesiastico-en-la-diocesis-de-lugo-siglos-xvi-xix/ Resource showing the levels of patronage by ecclesiastics during the Modern Age in the diocese of Lugo

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]]> Patronage was used as a strategy to create and strengthen the social networks of families. After the Council of Trent, two models of godparenthood were allowed by the Church: individual, or in pairs, the latter consisting of a man and a woman. The Council itself intended to discourage godparents from being clerics; however, there was no rejection of ecclesiastics in the diocese of Lugo; on the contrary, their election increased during the following centuries. The period with the highest percentage was in the transition from the 17th to the 18th century, when ecclesiastics were the godparents of 12% of the total number of the baptised. Subsequently, the levels of spiritual affiliation decreased to 1% at the end of the 19th century. The author argues that, during the peak years of godparenting, parish clergy were seen as equals in the community where two factors converged: they could benefit from mutual agricultural help and religious training. The decline is explained by demographic and sociological factors: first, as the population increased during the 18th century, families had more options to build neighbourly relationships of fidelity, to the detriment of the clergy. Second, the number of ecclesiastics also increased, causing them to be viewed negatively as the number of burdens increased and they were perceived as agents who no longer belonged to their social group.

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]]> Genealogy of a family of bureaucrats: the Asenjo de Alcaraz family (1688-1814) https://historylab.es/genealogy-of-a-family-of-bureaucrats-the-asenjo-de-alcaraz-family-1688-1814/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=genealogy-of-a-family-of-bureaucrats-the-asenjo-de-alcaraz-family-1688-1814 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/genealogia-de-una-familia-de-burocratas-la-familia-asenjo-de-alcaraz-1688-1814/ Family tree of a family with bureaucratic and administrative offices in Alcaraz (Albacete)

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]]> Enrichment and social advancement were the leitmotiv of many families. Although social mobility was very controlled in the Ancien Régime, it did exist. An example of this is the Asenjo family of Alcaraz (Albacete). The genealogy of this family shows us how marriage strategies, social networks and kinship helped to achieve patrimony. Beginning with the union of Isabel Galdón, a native of Alcaraz, with Pedro Asenjo, a native of Las Navas del Marqués (Ávila) in 1688, the family created parallel branches that intertwined throughout the 18th century. Pedro Asenjo was notary public of Alcaraz in 1703; his first son Juan was also a notary public, while the second, Pedro, was a clergyman of minors. It was Juan who married into the well-positioned Vargas Machuca family, and by 1753 he had accumulated a large amount of wealth that made him one of the leading cattle ranchers and farmers in the region. Based on their good social and economic status, the Asenjo family’s marriage policies were oriented in three directions: to get closer to public offices and positions; to reinforce those already established within the family; and to place some of their children in the clergy. This last route had a twofold objective: to ensure that the children would pursue a career within a privileged estate and that, with celibacy, the assets of the same would return to the family nucleus, thus concentrating the patrimony once again and avoiding its atomisation.

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]]> Genealogy of the nobility: the Igualada family of Vélez-Málaga (1645-1792) https://historylab.es/genealogy-of-the-nobility-the-igualada-family-of-velez-malaga-1645-1792/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=genealogy-of-the-nobility-the-igualada-family-of-velez-malaga-1645-1792 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/genealogia-de-la-nobleza-la-familia-igualada-de-velez-malaga-1645-1792/ Genealogy of the Igualada family from the mid 17th century to the end of the 18th century

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]]> Genealogy of a family belonging to the local elite of Vélez-Málaga, what some authors have called urban nobility, essentially characterised by their lack of titles but being considered as such in their locality, as well as for being intermediaries between the royal power and their subjects. The Igualadas occupied regidurias in the Municipal Council from the end of the 17th century, gaining access to the post by purchase and carrying out consolidation strategies through marriage links with the families of their fellow councillors or titled nobility, which can be clearly seen in the family tree.

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]]> From outsider to mayor: the network of Don Martín Villaranda García in Bermellar (18th century) https://historylab.es/from-outsider-to-mayor-the-network-of-don-martin-villaranda-garcia-in-bermellar-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-outsider-to-mayor-the-network-of-don-martin-villaranda-garcia-in-bermellar-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/de-forastero-a-alcalde-la-red-de-don-martin-villaranda-garcia-en-bermellar-siglo-xviii/ Network of relationships connecting Martín Villaranda to other individuals according to family, spiritual and executorial ties

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]]> The resource analyses the social impact of Martín Villaranda García as an example of clientelist, family and social reproduction networks. The author investigates Martín’s trajectory since he settled in the municipality of Bermellar (bishopric of Ciudad Rodrigo). There he married María Bogajo and they had 11 children, 8 of whom survived. Of all of them, María’s socially well-positioned father was the godfather of 5; Martín thus reinforced the ties with his father-in-law as a means of penetration and consolidation within society. With the death of Pedro in 1759, Martín saw his possessions increase as he was one of the main heirs. Six years later, in 1764, his wife died and he remarried Rosenda Sánchez Pastor, with whom he had five more children. Martín’s family networks were part of a larger strategy of social reproduction that also included ties of compadrazgo and spiritual ties that helped to underpin his social status (Martín was godfather to 13 children between 1737 and 1762, obtained hidalguía between 1752 and 1757, and was mayor ordinario in 1762 and 1767)

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]]> Genealogy of the Fernández de Moratín family in Madrid (17th-19th century) https://historylab.es/genealogy-of-the-fernandez-de-moratin-family-in-madrid-17th-19th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=genealogy-of-the-fernandez-de-moratin-family-in-madrid-17th-19th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/genealogia-de-la-familia-fernandez-de-moratin-en-madrid-siglos-xvii-xix/ Family tree of the Fernández de Moratín family from their settlement in Madrid in the 17th century until the Napoleonic invasion

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]]> This genealogy reconstructs the Fernández de Moratín family from their arrival in Madrid from the Lugar de Moratín (Asturias) until the Napoleonic invasion. The silversmith’s work was strongly linked to the surname from the time of their establishment at the Madrid court, and they even became part of the guardhouse of Queen Isabella of Farnese. Subsequently, and in the heat of the socio-political transformations that characterised Spain between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, the family strategies were oriented towards the relationship with intellectual and administrative sectors of the capital, with prominent figures such as the writer Leandro Fernández de Moratín and the politician Gumersindo Fernández de Moratín, cousin of the former, among others.

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]]> Fragment of the genealogy of the Gálvez de Antequera family (18th century) https://historylab.es/fragment-of-the-genealogy-of-the-galvez-de-antequera-family-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fragment-of-the-genealogy-of-the-galvez-de-antequera-family-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/fragmento-de-la-genealogia-de-los-galvez-de-antequera-siglo-xviii/ Fragment of the genealogy of the Gálvez family, based in Antequera, in the 18th century.

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]]> In this fragment of the genealogy of the Gálvez family, based in Antequera since the end of the 17th century, we can observe the intergenerational transmission of the craftsman’s trade ascribed to the surname, in this case, circumscribed to goldsmith work. It should be pointed out that, despite the stereotyping of craftsmanship, we do not always find a transmission as accentuated as that visible in the case of the Gálvez family, so that, although some families did operate under these reproductive criteria, we cannot generalise without first contextualising the economic and social environment in which it took place.

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]]> Genealogy of noblemen: the Corro Bustamante family – Auñón de Alcaraz (Albacete) in the 1730s https://historylab.es/genealogy-of-noblemen-the-corro-bustamante-family-aunon-de-alcaraz-albacete-in-the-1730s/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=genealogy-of-noblemen-the-corro-bustamante-family-aunon-de-alcaraz-albacete-in-the-1730s Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/genealogia-de-hidalgos-la-familia-corro-bustamante-aunon-de-alcaraz-albacete-en-la-decada-de-1730/ Genealogy hidalgos as a reflection of social reproduction

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]]> Marriage relations between different families obeyed reproduction strategies based on the concentration and accumulation of patrimony. Among the nobility, it was common to carry out similar operations in search of material benefit. The town of Alcaraz was no stranger to these mentalities and two of its most important families, the Corro Bustamante and the Auñón, joined together. This union came about through a double marriage: two sons and two daughters forged matrimonial bonds that would bear fruit 13 years later when one of them, Juan Manuel, monopolised most of the properties when his brother died without offspring. Juan Manuel also inherited from his mother-in-law all the bonds and free property that she had at her disposal. In this way the patrimony and status of both families was perpetuated, even more so in the accumulation by one of the sons.

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]]> The nature of the assets brought by the spouses to the marriage in the Vega baja del Esla (1700-1850) https://historylab.es/the-nature-of-the-assets-brought-by-the-spouses-to-the-marriage-in-the-vega-baja-del-esla-1700-1850/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nature-of-the-assets-brought-by-the-spouses-to-the-marriage-in-the-vega-baja-del-esla-1700-1850 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:31 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/naturaleza-de-los-bienes-aportados-por-los-conyuges-al-matrimonio-en-la-vega-baja-del-esla-1700-1850/ Table showing the nature of the dowry assets contributed in marriages in the Vega baja del Esla between 1700 and 1850

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]]> When studying family structures, it is easy to recognise the importance of the dowry strategy in fixing a large part of social reproduction, whether through sexual egalitarianism from the beginning of marriage, in the development of the conjugal nucleus over time or in the different stages of inheritance. This model of social reproduction reached its greatest heights in the second half of the 18th century, presenting the possibility of accumulating large amounts of property if these strategies were carried out satisfactorily.
Although theoretically the administration of the wife’s dowry is the responsibility of the husband, by separating the property of each of the spouses it is possible to appreciate the gains or losses that each of them has incurred. The same applies when analysing the nature of the assets brought into the marriage as a whole, differentiating also between what each brings to the marriage.

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