Sector primario - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:06:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Sector primario - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Distribution of land ownership in the Sierra de Alcaraz (1753). Cultivated land. https://historylab.es/distribution-of-land-ownership-in-the-sierra-de-alcaraz-1753-cultivated-land/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=distribution-of-land-ownership-in-the-sierra-de-alcaraz-1753-cultivated-land Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:31 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/distribucion-de-la-propiedad-de-la-tierra-en-la-sierra-de-alcaraz-1753-tierra-cultivada/ Distribution of cultivated land ownership as a reflection of the inequalities of the Ancien Régime

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]]> In mountain areas such as the Sierra de Alcaraz, land ownership was conditioned by the orography of the territory. In 1753, 28.3% of the land in this mountain range was under cultivation. Of this figure, almost 50% of the cultivation belonged to only 2% of the owners. Likewise, almost half of the total landowners owned only 2% of the arable land. The marked imbalance of ownership translated into different economic benefits: the concentration of land in a few hands meant that 17% of landowners owned more than 1,000 reals of gross produce, a figure that rose to more than 40,000 for the few individuals who owned the most; again, conversely, more than 70% of landowners owned less than 500 reals of produce. The rest of the uncultivated land, 71.7%, could belong to the Council, which was also controlled by the local elites. Livestock farming, like agriculture, showed the same tendency towards concentration in the hands of a few individuals. The survival and future of the less well-off depended on the leasing of land, either for cultivation or as pasture for livestock. These data are but one concrete example of the inequalities that existed in the Ancien Régime and which were perpetuated throughout southern Spain.

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]]> Growth of livestock farming in Cantabria, 1598-1752 https://historylab.es/growth-of-livestock-farming-in-cantabria-1598-1752/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=growth-of-livestock-farming-in-cantabria-1598-1752 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:46 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/crecimiento-de-la-ganaderia-en-cantabria-1598-1752/ Resource showing the evolution of livestock farming in the Asturian valleys of Santillana and the Hermandad de Campoo de Suso

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]]> Livestock farming in Cantabria went from a phase of depression in the 17th century to the great expansion of the following century. The author analyses the evolution of this sector through two areas, one Atlantic, the Asturian valleys of Santillana, which showed a demographic explosion greater than the Hermandad de Campoo de Suso, a transition area towards the plateau. The demographic and economic growth, together with a decrease in taxes, led to the expansion of livestock farming: cattle and cattle tripled in number, pigs and horses doubled in number. Moreover, the greater diffusion of agriculture did not mean the decline of livestock as in other areas of Spain; on the contrary, many species became protagonists of the agricultural mechanics: small livestock served as an instrument of the ploughing advance against the mountain, large livestock as a draught force for ploughing, and the manure from both as fertile ferment for the seeds. With regard to the growth of the sector, the spread of maize in the coastal regions of Cantabria was the main reason for the greater growth of this area compared to the inland areas, as the demand for draught animals increased exponentially.

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