Riquezas - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Riquezas - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 View of Seville from the west bank of the river https://historylab.es/view-of-seville-from-the-west-bank-of-the-river/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=view-of-seville-from-the-west-bank-of-the-river Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vista-de-sevilla-desde-la-margen-oeste-del-rio/ Representation of 16th-century Seville from the west side of the Guadalquivir River

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]]> After the conquest of Granada (1492), Andalusia was fully incorporated into the Habsburg monarchy, and the population increased throughout the 16th century. This increase in population was particularly significant in the city of Seville, which in the 16th century had more than 100,000 inhabitants thanks to the economic development brought about by trade with America. In fact, the port of Seville exercised a monopoly on American trade by establishing the Casa de Contratación (1503) in the city. As a result, it became one of the most important European cities, as it was the gateway for goods from the New World that would later be traded, via various routes, throughout Europe. The increase in Seville’s mercantile and financial activity attracted many Castilians and foreigners who flocked to the city, some to settle there and enjoy its riches, others to embark for the New World in search of new opportunities.

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]]> Potosí. Example of a colonial space https://historylab.es/potosi-example-of-a-colonial-space/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=potosi-example-of-a-colonial-space Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/potosi-ejemplo-de-espacio-colonial/ Explanatory video on colonial mining in Potosí

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]]> Chapter of the series “Horizontes Ciencias Sociales”, part of the Encuentro channel, broadcast by the Ministry of Education (Argentina), which explains the process of mining the immense silver deposits by the Spanish colonists. This exploitation had a lot to do with the growth of the city of Potosí, a city that reached similar dimensions to European cities such as London. It also tells what life was like for the mine workers, in this case the Ayaconas Indians, and how their work equipment was made. Of course, the great human toll of the hard work in the mines is not overlooked. Gradually, guilds began to form around the exploitation. In this context, inequalities increased as a result of the wealth and the increase in capital of a few bourgeois merchants whose social ascent had repercussions in Europe, especially in Spain.

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