Subsistencia - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:15:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Subsistencia - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Request and approval of the supply of meat to 400 poor people in the city of Zaragoza (1747) https://historylab.es/request-and-approval-of-the-supply-of-meat-to-400-poor-people-in-the-city-of-zaragoza-1747/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=request-and-approval-of-the-supply-of-meat-to-400-poor-people-in-the-city-of-zaragoza-1747 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/peticion-y-aprobacion-del-suministro-de-carne-a-400-pobres-de-la-ciudad-de-zaragoza-1747/ 400 poor people sheltered by the Casa de Misericordia in Zaragoza need food to survive

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]]> The City Council of the city of Saragossa receives a request from the Casa de Misericordia of that city to provide 400 poor people with a certain amount of meat for each day. These poor, of both sexes and all ages, help the Casa de Misericordia by working with wool, linen and silk. The request was sent to Ferdinand VI who accepted it on the grounds that it was “for the known benefit of the public cause”.

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]]> Distribution of servants according to age in some towns in the province of Albacete in the mid-18th century https://historylab.es/distribution-of-servants-according-to-age-in-some-towns-in-the-province-of-albacete-in-the-mid-18th-century/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=distribution-of-servants-according-to-age-in-some-towns-in-the-province-of-albacete-in-the-mid-18th-century Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/distribucion-de-los-criados-segun-su-edad-en-algunas-poblaciones-de-la-provincia-de-albacete-a-mediados-del-siglo-xviii/ Age bracket of the servants: their number, job specialisation and salary in some areas of Albacete

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]]> Within the province of Albacete, the majority of servants and servants were young (up to 25 years of age). After that age, their number decreased, although it was equally important (42.1% of the total). These data acquire significance if we take into account their life cycle. The Cadastre of the Marquis de la Ensenada for the town of Villarrobledo shows that of the 368 whose marital status is known, there were no married women; among the men, 31.5% were already married and 5% were widowed. Returning to age, the internal hierarchisation of work was related to the length of experience in the work performed: age. Thus, the work of young servants was secondary or subordinate; likewise, the pay was lower.

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