Open AccessPolíticas sin participación social: Poblamiento rural y abandono de asentamientos en la Sierra de Gata, 1450-1750
Author(s) -
Luis Vicente Clemente Quijada
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
historia agraria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2340-3659
pISSN - 1139-1472
DOI - 10.26882/histagrar.083e01c
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , oligarchy , peasant , human settlement , geography , rural settlement , work (physics) , economy , political science , identity (music) , welfare economics , rural area , economics , politics , archaeology , payment , mechanical engineering , finance , engineering , law , democracy , physics , acoustics
This article analyzes the structure of the settlement in the land of Santibáñez el Alto between 1450 and 1750 in order to address the problem of rural depopulation. References and testimonies from fiscal and procedural sources and the travel costs analysis, shows that the peasant community developed a settlement structure which complemented the network of settlements and optimized the time of work of the peasantry since 1450, for being closer to the exploitation areas. This system begins its decline in the second half of the 16th century, when policies implemented from the Crown (sale of towns) and those developed from the local oligarchy (limitations on access to goods and services) had a negative impact its inhabitants. Finally, it is stated that the evolution of the settlements has been closely linked to the possibilities of community participation in its management and identity-making.