Crisis y desigualdad económica en Cataluña y Mallorca en la Baja Edad Media (CRIDES)
Nombre/Name
Crisis y desigualdad económica en Cataluña y Mallorca en la Baja Edad Media (CRIDES)
Referencia de proyecto/Project Code
PGC2018-100979-B-C22
Investigador principal/Principal Investigator
Investigadores/Researchers
Investigadores externos/External Researchers
Turull Rubinat, Max
Urgell Hernández, Ricard
Tudela Villalonga, Lluís
Pascual Ramos, Eduardo
Galera Pedrosa, Andreu
Baydal, Vicent
Reixach Sala, Albert
Tello Hernández, Esther
Martínez Giralt, Alejandro
Torras Serra, Marc
Ruiz Gómez, Vicenç
Redondo García, Esther
Martí Arau, Albert
Urgell Hernández, Ricard
Tudela Villalonga, Lluís
Pascual Ramos, Eduardo
Galera Pedrosa, Andreu
Baydal, Vicent
Reixach Sala, Albert
Tello Hernández, Esther
Martínez Giralt, Alejandro
Torras Serra, Marc
Ruiz Gómez, Vicenç
Redondo García, Esther
Martí Arau, Albert
Fecha de inicio/Start Year
01/01/2019
Fecha de finalización/End Year
31/12/2022
Grupo de Investigación/Research Group
Instituto/Institute
CSIC - Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF)
Descripción/Description
[ES] El objetivo del subproyecto es el estudio de las consecuencias que tuvieron los sucesivos periodos de crecimiento y crisis en la estructura económica de la sociedad urbana del principado de Cataluña y el reino de Mallorca entre los s. XIII-XVI. En el subproyecto precedente se reconstruyó la dinámica económica durante el mismo periodo en estos dos territorios a través de los datos proporcionados, entre otros, por los indicadores del impuesto sobre la circulación, el comercio y el consumo de mercancías. Sobre este telón de fondo, bastante distinto al que había presentado la historiografía tradicional, se pretende ahora establecer cuáles fueron los efectos que tuvo dicha dinámica en la distribución de la riqueza urbana, tomando como referencia principal los datos que nos proporcionan las fuentes generadas por la recaudación del impuesto directo municipal. Para ello, siguiendo un procedimiento empleado ya en otros lugares y épocas, se plantea un proyecto estructurado fundamentalmente en tres grandes fases: en primer lugar, se elaborará un censo de los padrones de riqueza, libros de tallas y otras series similares o complementarias que se conservan en los archivos catalanes y mallorquines; en segundo lugar, se estudiarán las características de este tipo de fuentes (alcance, límites, evolución) así como de las exacciones que las generaron (contribuyentes/exentos, tipo de riqueza declarada, valoración); en tercer lugar, se creará una muestra consistente que permita la aplicación de una metodología de análisis de reconocida utilidad para responder a algunos de los principales interrogantes que plantea el tema de la desigualdad en la Europa preindustrial. Con este propósito, dentro de esta muestra se dará cabida a ciudades grandes, medias y pequeñas desde el punto de vista demográfico, y desde el punto de vista económico se tendrán en cuenta también poblaciones del interior, del litoral y de zonas montañosas. En cada una de ellas se recopilarán los datos correspondientes a los contribuyentes siguiendo un mismo patrón, que contempla su género, condición socioprofesional, lugar de residencia y valor de la riqueza/contribución. Y a partir de estos datos, debidamente estandarizados, se pondrán realizar cálculos estadísticos que permitan calcular diversos índices -como el de Gini, por ejemplo- y realizar otras operaciones que sirvan para homologar los resultados del caso catalán y mallorquín con los obtenidos para otros territorios y épocas. Como ya se ha apuntado, mediante este ejercicio, pretendemos en última instancia ofrecer datos sólidos y elementos de reflexión que permitan establecer cuáles fueron los efectos de la crisis bajomedieval (o de determinadas coyunturas) en la evolución de la desigualdad económica en el principado y las islas. También buscamos determinar si la magnitud demográfica de una población o bien su estructura económica influyeron de algún modo en la mayor o menor distribución de la riqueza. Finalmente, nos interesa conocer cuál era el nivel de desigualdad en función del género, la condición socioprofesional o el lugar de residencia dentro del entramado urbano, y cómo evolucionaron todas estas variables a lo largo del período estudiado.
[EN] The aim of the subproject is to study the consequences that the successive periods of growth and crisis had in the economic structure of the urban society of the principality of Catalonia and the kingdom of Mallorca between the 13th and the 16th centuries. In the course of the previous subproject the economic dynamics during that period in those two territories were reconstructed thanks to the data given by the indicators of circulation, trade and consumption taxes. It is against this backdrop, quite different to that presented in traditional historiography, that it is now expected to establish the effect that the aforesaid dynamics had in the distribution of urban wealth. To do so, the main reference will be the data given by the sources produced by the collection of municipal direct taxes. The method, already used in other places and periods of time, consists on, first of all, the creation of a census of the wealth registers, direct taxes books and other similar or complementary series, which are preserved in the Catalan and Mallorcan archives. Secondly, the characteristics (significance, limits, evolution) of these sources will be studied, as well as the characteristics of the taxes that generated them (taxpayers / exempt, type of declared wealth, valuation). And thirdly, a consistent sample will be created that will allow the application of an analytical methodology, which has already proved itself useful. This will help in the answer of some of the main questions regarding inequality in preindustrial Europe. To do that, cities of a big, medium and small size from a demographic point of view will be included in the sample. From an economic point of view, cities in coastal, interior and mountainous areas will be taken into account. In each of them data related to taxpayers will be compiled following the same pattern, which considers their gender, socioprofessional condition, place of residence and the value of their wealth/contribution. With these duly standardised data it will be possible to do statistical calculations that will result in the calculation of various indexes, such as the Gini one. Other operations aiming to homologate the results of the Catalan and the Mallorcan cases with those of other places and epochs will be possible. As it has already been said, with this exercise we expect to offer solid data and food for thought that will enable to establish which were the effects of the Late Middle Ages crisis (or of certain conjunctions) on the evolution of economic inequality in Catalonia and Mallorca. We are also looking to determine if the demographical magnitude of a settlement or its economic structure influenced somehow in wealth distribution. Finally, we are interested in finding out which was the level of inequality depending on gender, socioprofessional condition or place of residence in the city, and how did all these variables evolve over the course of the studied period.
[EN] The aim of the subproject is to study the consequences that the successive periods of growth and crisis had in the economic structure of the urban society of the principality of Catalonia and the kingdom of Mallorca between the 13th and the 16th centuries. In the course of the previous subproject the economic dynamics during that period in those two territories were reconstructed thanks to the data given by the indicators of circulation, trade and consumption taxes. It is against this backdrop, quite different to that presented in traditional historiography, that it is now expected to establish the effect that the aforesaid dynamics had in the distribution of urban wealth. To do so, the main reference will be the data given by the sources produced by the collection of municipal direct taxes. The method, already used in other places and periods of time, consists on, first of all, the creation of a census of the wealth registers, direct taxes books and other similar or complementary series, which are preserved in the Catalan and Mallorcan archives. Secondly, the characteristics (significance, limits, evolution) of these sources will be studied, as well as the characteristics of the taxes that generated them (taxpayers / exempt, type of declared wealth, valuation). And thirdly, a consistent sample will be created that will allow the application of an analytical methodology, which has already proved itself useful. This will help in the answer of some of the main questions regarding inequality in preindustrial Europe. To do that, cities of a big, medium and small size from a demographic point of view will be included in the sample. From an economic point of view, cities in coastal, interior and mountainous areas will be taken into account. In each of them data related to taxpayers will be compiled following the same pattern, which considers their gender, socioprofessional condition, place of residence and the value of their wealth/contribution. With these duly standardised data it will be possible to do statistical calculations that will result in the calculation of various indexes, such as the Gini one. Other operations aiming to homologate the results of the Catalan and the Mallorcan cases with those of other places and epochs will be possible. As it has already been said, with this exercise we expect to offer solid data and food for thought that will enable to establish which were the effects of the Late Middle Ages crisis (or of certain conjunctions) on the evolution of economic inequality in Catalonia and Mallorca. We are also looking to determine if the demographical magnitude of a settlement or its economic structure influenced somehow in wealth distribution. Finally, we are interested in finding out which was the level of inequality depending on gender, socioprofessional condition or place of residence in the city, and how did all these variables evolve over the course of the studied period.
Fuente de Financiación/Funding
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Fecha de actualización/Last update
18/12/2019