Zaragoza - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:16:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Zaragoza - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Misery in the women’s prison of Saragossa (1797) https://historylab.es/misery-in-the-womens-prison-of-saragossa-1797/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=misery-in-the-womens-prison-of-saragossa-1797 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/miseria-en-la-carcel-de-mujeres-de-zaragoza-1797/ Document highlighting the plight of women prisoners

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]]> In the women’s prison in Saragossa, which housed inmates from that Kingdom and the Basque Provinces, abuses and punishments were carried out, according to Pedro María Ric, Mayor of Crime of the Court of Aragon. Pedro María was also Judge Protector of the Real Casa de la Galera in Zaragoza. In his attempt to improve the conditions of the prisoners, he proposed that the Archbishopric of Saragossa allocate 3,000 ducats for this purpose on a permanent basis, an objective that was approved by the Council of Castile.

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]]> 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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]]> Activities of French immigrants in Saragossa (17th-18th centuries) https://historylab.es/activities-of-french-immigrants-in-saragossa-17th-18th-centuries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=activities-of-french-immigrants-in-saragossa-17th-18th-centuries Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/actividades-de-los-inmigrantes-franceses-en-zaragoza-siglos-xvii-xviii/ Trades practised by the French settlers in Saragossa in the 17th and 18th centuries

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]]> Immigration to Spain is not a current phenomenon. During the Ancien Régime, numerous people of other nationalities emigrated to Spain in search of new opportunities and social advancement. The specific case of this resource refers to the trades that the French settled in Saragossa in the 17th and 18th centuries. According to the marriage records, 104 French settlers were counted in Saragossa. Of these, 84 worked as “employees”; 16 as “self-employed”; and 4 in an unknown employment situation. Of the 84 contracted, 21 were bakers, a much higher number than any other trade, followed by 8 labourers, 6 weavers and 5 servants. But the high disposition in the baker’s trade was not accompanied by a promotion in this sector, as only 1 was a master baker. Finally, there may have been cases in which immigrants sought shortcuts to social advancement outside the law, as in the case of Juan Sarto, a Frenchman who forged documents from the University of Zaragoza and parish books to pass himself off as Aragonese.

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