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Female widowhood in the Kingdom of Granada in 1787 according to the Floridablanca Census. Data in %

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000

This map shows the percentages of female widowhood in the kingdom of Granada at the end of the 18th century using as a basis the information from the Floridablanca Census (1787). This census is considered to be one of the most complete of the Enlightenment, as the information it collects is structured on the basis of knowledge of the population by means of the following questions: according to type of accommodation and sex; classification by marital status, age and sex; classification by occupation; number of charitable and health centres; and religious communities. As can be seen from the map, the differences between the different regions stand out, where the figure barely exceeds 8% in towns belonging to Almeria, while values close to 15% are reached in areas of Malaga. Thus, the data shown indicate the greater weight of widowed women in the Malaga region. Undoubtedly, there are several factors that influence this issue, among them the greater or lesser access to remarriage, as well as the incidence of high male immigration caused mainly by the enrolment at sea.

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Percentage of unmarried women in England (1536-1741)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:31 +0000

The evolution of unmarried women in England is explained by the trades they performed. In the English case, the spinner’s trade was associated with female spinsterhood, which reached its peak during the 17th century. Thus, in a context where the formation of marriage was seen as the goal of any woman, the work of the spinner, associated with spinsterhood, began to have negative considerations, thus creating a stereotype of the woman who carried out this activity.

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100 households in the Sant Pere neighbourhood according to household structure and gender of the head of household, Barcelona, 1770

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:52 +0000

Barcelona in the last third of the seventeenth century was a city in constant change. These changes were reflected in the urban fabric and in the configuration of households. The transformations described above led, through population growth and immigration, to urban densification in the artisan and manufacturing districts, where there was a progressive partitioning of the existing dwellings. The economic differentiation between the working-class and urban strata led to a sharpening of the native population: the distance between the unionised and non-unionised craftsmen, the gradual proletarianisation of apprentices, etc. The increase in the price of housing stimulated various forms of cohabitation and the corresponding appearance of complex households. The methodology proposed by Laslett has made it possible to offer a typology of one hundred households analysed. Following the Cambridge author, the household was defined as the existence or not of servant corresidents. Therefore, one of the results is the scant weight of simple households that coincide with the profile of the nuclear family of biological origin (only 31% belong to this group). Indeed, co-residence was decisive in the processes of immigration and insertion into the urban fabric, allowing newcomers to obtain a roof over their heads and an indispensable network; moreover, it was a key complementary source for balancing the family budget and compensating for the specificities of the labour market, as shown by the incorporation of tenants, lodgers or relatives.

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