Villarrobledo - 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 Villarrobledo - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Size and composition of the household in the state of Jorquera (Albacete) according to its structure. 1753 https://historylab.es/size-and-composition-of-the-household-in-the-state-of-jorquera-albacete-according-to-its-structure-1753/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=size-and-composition-of-the-household-in-the-state-of-jorquera-albacete-according-to-its-structure-1753 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/tamano-y-composicion-del-hogar-en-el-estado-de-jorquera-albacete-segun-su-estructura-1753/ Analysis of the size and composition of the household according to its family model, the number of children, relatives and servants

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]]> The towns of Jorquera and Casas Ibáñez are located in La Manchuela albacetense. The former, on the banks of the Júcar, had its economic configuration around irrigated farming, while the latter focused on dry farming, mainly with the cultivation of cereals and saffron. In the mid 18th century, according to data from the Ensenada Cadastre, the heads of the family households were married (72.75% on average of the two towns). This meant that the rest were households headed by bachelors (9.35%) and widowers (17.79%) of both sexes. This resource analyses the composition of these households, which had an average size of 3.76 persons per residential unit in Jorquera, and 3.49 in Casas Ibáñez (excluding servants). These figures are slightly below the demographic context of neighbouring towns: Abengibre with 4.03; Alatoz with 4.09; and Alcalá del Júcar with 4.55. By household typology, the largest size is represented by 4+5 households (extended households and multiple households), followed by nuclear households (type 3), households without structure (2) and solitary households (1). The defining characteristics of the household types themselves set the trends in size, but not in their total number. The primacy of the nuclear household was total and in stark contrast to the solitary, extended and multiple households.

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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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