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Annual Unjustified Absenteeism at the University of Salamanca (1700-1750)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, absenteeism from university chairs was a frequent phenomenon in Spanish universities. This abandonment can be explained through several causes, such as the consideration of the professorship as a temporary occupation in the face of better opportunities, low salaries or the obligation to carry out tedious administrative tasks. This resource analyses this phenomenon, focusing on the University of Salamanca during the first half of the seventeenth century.
The fines can be seen mainly in the regency professorships, also called cursatorias. The fact is that the professorships were a compulsory step towards promotion, while the regency professorships were mainly for the purpose of retirement. Particularly noteworthy in this respect were the fines for the Law and Logic-Philosophy faculties, which amounted to more than 300 lessons per year.

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Pupil cost evolution (1595-1628)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000

From the first half of the 16th century onwards, the University of Salamanca provided accommodation for students who would be tutored by a bachelor so that the young people could progress in their studies while having basic aspects such as food, religious education and board covered.
Not all the boarding schools were of the same social category and did not pay the same price, but it is clear from the figures that the great majority came from privileged social groups with economic possibilities. Parents would commission this boarding as an investment in order to make their children more profitable for them.
As opposed to this complete boarding school, other models emerged, such as the governorship or the camaristas, with more economically accessible services because each one covered their needs with the amounts they could contribute, and not a fixed rate for all of them, with the cost of maintenance being approximately 65% of the total.

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Percentage evolution of university enrolment in Salamanca during the 17th and 18th centuries

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000

During the 17th and 18th centuries there was a sharp fall in the number of university enrolments in Salamanca, from almost 5,000 in 1614-1615 to less than 1,500 in 1784-1785. The decrease during the 18th century is due, in part, to the repercussions of the War of Succession, which marked the first half of the century significantly.
In terms of proportional participation, the secular colleges increased throughout the 17th century, reaching 21.3% of the total in 1714-1715. From this point onwards, the reformist measures of Charles III brought these figures down to 9% in 1784-1785. The opposite happened then with the mathematicians, who fell progressively in the sixteenth century to recover again at the end of the eighteenth century, reaching a majority share of 66.8% of the total enrolments in Salamanca. Finally, enrolments in the regular collegiate schools grew the most throughout the 17th century, rising from 8.1% in 1614-1615 to 30.2% at the end of the century, a trend that continued until the last third of the 18th century, dropping to 24% in 1784-1785.

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Salaries at the 17th century Salamanca university

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:25 +0000

This research seeks to discover the economic conditions of the university institution in Salamanca during the 16th century. It has been found that the most important item of Salamanca’s expenditure in percentage terms was to cover salaries, both for the professorships and the minor professorships, substitutions and officials, accounting for 55-60% of the total expenditure. The professorships were one of the most costly items, accounting for 35-38% of the expenditure.
As can be seen in the resource, the university services gradually increased their budgets during the 16th century, mainly due to the institution’s own internal growth and the gradual overcoming of a structural crisis that had been dragging on since the beginning of the century. This fact can be seen in the figures of the janitors, secretaries, sweepers and bailiffs.
One of the posts whose salaries were most reduced was that of chaplains, as the University of Salamanca maintained many medieval features during the first half of the 16th century, such as the excessive presence of ecclesiastics and the nature of studies centred on law and theology, which led to a progressive decrease in enrolments for these studies.

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