Santander - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:34:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Santander - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Epidemics of plague in Spain: 16th and 17th centuries https://historylab.es/epidemics-of-plague-in-spain-16th-and-17th-centuries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=epidemics-of-plague-in-spain-16th-and-17th-centuries Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:12 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/epidemias-de-peste-en-espana-siglos-xvi-y-xvii/ Resource showing the extent of the different epidemic waves of plague in the Iberian Peninsula during the 16th and 17th centuries

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]]> The plague epidemic had an early manifestation in Spain. There is evidence of outbreaks of plague along the Mediterranean strip of the peninsula as early as the 6th-8th centuries. During the 14th century, the Black Death appeared in Europe, an epidemic which, interspersed with others such as influenza and typhus, reappeared in the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1596 the plague reached the peninsula via Santander, a port area. It spread virulently through the territories of Extremadura and the two Castiles, especially the area around Madrid. The Cantabrian coast and Andalusia were also affected, as well as the area between Alicante and Valencia. It was in the latter city that another plague epidemic broke out years later, in 1647. From Valencia it spread to the northern part of the Crown of Aragon: Catalonia and the Aragonese territories themselves were affected. Andalusia was also hit again, with the city of Seville suffering significant human losses, where it is estimated that 45% of the population died. It was in Seville that another epidemic appeared in 1676. With no time to recover, cities such as Seville, Cordoba, Malaga, Cadiz and Jaen were the protagonists of the horror. They were joined by Cartagena, in the Kingdom of Murcia. These were the last large-scale epidemics to occur in the peninsular territories of the Hispanic Monarchy. Once the epidemic, demographic and food crises of the 17th century were overcome, the 18th century ushered in a period of generalised growth.

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]]> The Enlightenment in Cantabria https://historylab.es/the-enlightenment-in-cantabria/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-enlightenment-in-cantabria Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:59 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-ilustracion-en-cantabria/ Chapter that explores the historical past of Cantabria during the Enlightenment

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]]> This documentary delves into the economic and commercial features of 18th century Cantabria. In this context, the emerging prominence of the bourgeoisie, the importance of maritime connections, the opening up of trade with the breaking of the mercantile monopoly with America and the economic growth favoured by the road transport network via the Reinosa road, will be dynamic elements of a historical period in which a whole series of themes related to the process of modernisation in the region of Cantabria at the end of the Ancien Régime are raised and suggested to the viewer. The technological evolution of agriculture, mainly with the improvement of the flour industry, is taken as a guiding thread in the narration of the episode. However, the documentary also argues how the fiscal intentions of the State and the strategic location of the seaport of Santander in the European mercantilist networks would lead to the beginning of a process of industrialisation which would take centre stage well into the 19th century. The chapter also shows in great detail how the flour mills worked and the milling process, detailing the complex machinery used to separate and produce the grain.

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