Francisco Frutos del Río: Un caso paradigmático de ascenso socioeconómico a través de la Mesta y la explotación de ganado trashumante en el siglo XVII
[EN] Contribution to the study of the social and economic profile of the transhumant sheepbreeders in the Crown of Castile during the Modern Age, illustrated by the detailed reconstruction of the vital trajectory of a single individual. He was born in the North-East Castilian town of Ágreda, within...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/220056 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/220056 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Mesta Seventeenth Century Transhumant sheepbreeding Wool trade Castile Social promotion Siglo XVII Ganadería trashumante Comercio lanero Castilla Ascenso social |
| Summary: | [EN] Contribution to the study of the social and economic profile of the transhumant sheepbreeders in the Crown of Castile during the Modern Age, illustrated by the detailed reconstruction of the vital trajectory of a single individual. He was born in the North-East Castilian town of Ágreda, within a modest middle-class family, and when he was still very young migrated to Madrid at the beginning of the seventeenth century, to work there as a public notary. He carried out an intense activity within the institution of the “Mesta” (Guild of breeders of transhumant sheep), and made huge inversions in the purchase of transhumant sheep flocks. This way he became one of the main sheepowners and producers of wool of the highest quality in Castile. At the same time he succeeded in his social and political promotion, because he attained the noble status and became alderman in the city of Segovia |
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