Epidemics, artisans, and family relationships in the Spanish southeast (18th-19th centuries)

Abstract

Facing the conjunctural historical studies of epidemics through the most direct repercussions after contagious outbreaks, in this paper we apply a microanalytical perspective that allows us actions in the face of these health crisis in the meantime. For this we will delve into some examples to observe the reconfigurations in the household and the intergenerational solidarities deployed when faced with the need of an individual, depending on the age and the existing patrimonial capacities. All of them focusing on the southeast Spanish and the socioeconomic group of silversmiths between the 18^th and 19^th century.