THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS
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Resumo: | In a letter of May 1503, little known until now, but of great importance for the history of the reform of weights in Portugal, king Manuel I announced the delivery of the new standards to the municipalities and scheduled the entry into force of the new system for January 1504. It is known that the manueline weight piles were already being delivered in July 1503 and that the new system did come into force in 1504. In the following decades, as the documentation shows, the manueline rules remained in force and the regional authorities sought to ensure their application. It is also known that many municipalities have been given exemptions from having the standards, considering their smallness, poverty or lack of trade. Crosschecking the recently elaborated inventory of manueline weight piles with data from the 1527-1532 administrative and demographic survey of the whole kingdom allows for a more substantial analysis of how this process unfolded. More than the global population and size of a municipality, it was the population and importance of its chief urban center that mainly influenced on the decision of acquiring a manueline pile. Of all manueline piles with identified origin, 97% come from cities or towns, 92% come from municipalities with more than 150 households, 80% come from municipalities whose chief urban centers had more than 100 households and 75% come from municipalities with defensive buildings. The province of Entre-Douro-e-Minho, the most densely populated, but where dispersed settlement prevailed, stands out due to the low density of referenced manueline piles. The number of municipalities with manueline piles may have approached two hundred, of which more than 120 are referenced. |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORSArtigosIn a letter of May 1503, little known until now, but of great importance for the history of the reform of weights in Portugal, king Manuel I announced the delivery of the new standards to the municipalities and scheduled the entry into force of the new system for January 1504. It is known that the manueline weight piles were already being delivered in July 1503 and that the new system did come into force in 1504. In the following decades, as the documentation shows, the manueline rules remained in force and the regional authorities sought to ensure their application. It is also known that many municipalities have been given exemptions from having the standards, considering their smallness, poverty or lack of trade. Crosschecking the recently elaborated inventory of manueline weight piles with data from the 1527-1532 administrative and demographic survey of the whole kingdom allows for a more substantial analysis of how this process unfolded. More than the global population and size of a municipality, it was the population and importance of its chief urban center that mainly influenced on the decision of acquiring a manueline pile. Of all manueline piles with identified origin, 97% come from cities or towns, 92% come from municipalities with more than 150 households, 80% come from municipalities whose chief urban centers had more than 100 households and 75% come from municipalities with defensive buildings. The province of Entre-Douro-e-Minho, the most densely populated, but where dispersed settlement prevailed, stands out due to the low density of referenced manueline piles. The number of municipalities with manueline piles may have approached two hundred, of which more than 120 are referenced. A DISTRIBUIÇÃO DE PADRÕES DE PESOS AOS MUNICÍPIOS PORTUGUESES NO INÍCIO DO SÈCULO XVI. FACTORES ADMINISTRATIVOS, DEMOGRÁFICOS E ECONÓMICOS. Em Maio de 1503, numa carta até agora pouco conhecida, mas de grande importância para a história da reforma dos pesos em Portugal, Dom Manuel I anunciava a entrega dos novos padrões aos municípios e fixava a entrada em vigor do novo sistema em Janeiro de 1504. Sabe-se que as pilhas de pesos manuelinas já estavam a ser entregues em Julho de 1503 e que o novo sistema entrou de facto em vigor em 1504. Nas décadas seguintes, a documentação mostra que as regras estabelecidas continuavam em vigor e que as autoridades regionais procuravam garantir a sua aplicação. É também verdade que muitos municípios foram obtendo dispensas de ter os padrões, considerando a sua pequenez, pobreza ou a inexistência de comércio. O cruzamento da inventariação das pilhas manuelinas, recentemente realizada, com os dados do cadastro de 1527-1532 permite agora uma análise mais substancial sobre a forma como se desenrolou este processo. Mais do que a população global de um município, parecem ter sido a população e importância da sua sede os factores que mais influíram na aquisição de uma pilha manuelina. Das pilhas manuelinas com município de origem identificado, 97% provêm de cidades ou vilas, 92% provêm de municípios que tinham mais de 150 moradores, 80% provém de municípios cujas sedes tinham mais de 100 moradores e 75% provêm de municípios que tinham fortificações. A comarca do Entre-Douro-e-Minho, a mais densamente povoada, mas onde predominava o povoamento disperso, destaca-se pela baixa densidade de pilhas manuelinas referenciadas. O número de municípios com pilhas manuelinas poderá ter-se aproximados das duas centenas, sendo certo que mais de 120 estão referenciadas.Centro de Estudos Geográficos2019-12-20T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://doi.org/10.18055/Finis17728eng2182-29050430-5027Seabra Lopes, Luís Filipeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-05T14:40:02Zoai:ojs.revistas.rcaap.pt:article/17728Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:12:51.798868Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS Seabra Lopes, Luís Filipe Artigos |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS |
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THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT STANDARDS TO PORTUGUESE CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY: ADMINISTRATIVE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC FACTORS |
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Seabra Lopes, Luís Filipe |
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Seabra Lopes, Luís Filipe |
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In a letter of May 1503, little known until now, but of great importance for the history of the reform of weights in Portugal, king Manuel I announced the delivery of the new standards to the municipalities and scheduled the entry into force of the new system for January 1504. It is known that the manueline weight piles were already being delivered in July 1503 and that the new system did come into force in 1504. In the following decades, as the documentation shows, the manueline rules remained in force and the regional authorities sought to ensure their application. It is also known that many municipalities have been given exemptions from having the standards, considering their smallness, poverty or lack of trade. Crosschecking the recently elaborated inventory of manueline weight piles with data from the 1527-1532 administrative and demographic survey of the whole kingdom allows for a more substantial analysis of how this process unfolded. More than the global population and size of a municipality, it was the population and importance of its chief urban center that mainly influenced on the decision of acquiring a manueline pile. Of all manueline piles with identified origin, 97% come from cities or towns, 92% come from municipalities with more than 150 households, 80% come from municipalities whose chief urban centers had more than 100 households and 75% come from municipalities with defensive buildings. The province of Entre-Douro-e-Minho, the most densely populated, but where dispersed settlement prevailed, stands out due to the low density of referenced manueline piles. The number of municipalities with manueline piles may have approached two hundred, of which more than 120 are referenced. |
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