Publication: Economía moral y gestión aristocrática en tiempos del Quijote
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2005
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Laureano Figuerola: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales
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Este artículo postula el estudio conjunto de las historias intelectual y económica. Las representaciones mentales afectan a las decisiones y variables económicas, al tiempo que las realidades económicas influyen en la evolución de las ideas. Esto se ilustra con el caso de la nobleza castellana y su gestión de los patrimonios. Ésta venía determinada en gran parte por la «economía moral» del grupo, que venía a justificar su lugar privilegiado en la sociedad. Sin embargo, en la Edad Moderna nuevas ideas y dificultades económicas erosionaron esos conceptos y actitudes, conduciendo a un creciente interés de los nobles por una gestión eficiente de sus propiedades. El delicado equilibrio entre ganancia y prestigio –a su vez un medio indirecto de conseguir riqueza–, así como la omnipresencia de preocupaciones religiosas, obstaculizan la correcta visión de la situación real y de su evolución, no por ello menos necesaria.
This article makes a plea for a joint study of intellectual and economic history. Mental perceptions affect economic decisions and variables, while economic realities influence the evolution of ideas. We use the case of Castilian noblemen and their management of landed property to illustrate these interrelations. This was driven to a large extent by the «moral economy» of the group, which provided a moral justification of its privileged place in society. However, during the early modern age new ideas and economic difficulties eroded these concepts and attitudes, and led to an increasing interest of nobility towards an efficient management of their properties. The delicate equilibrium between gains and prestige –intended as an indirect means to acquire wealth– as well as the intermingling of religious worries make it difficult to get a balanced view of the real situation and its evolution, which is none the less necessary.
This article makes a plea for a joint study of intellectual and economic history. Mental perceptions affect economic decisions and variables, while economic realities influence the evolution of ideas. We use the case of Castilian noblemen and their management of landed property to illustrate these interrelations. This was driven to a large extent by the «moral economy» of the group, which provided a moral justification of its privileged place in society. However, during the early modern age new ideas and economic difficulties eroded these concepts and attitudes, and led to an increasing interest of nobility towards an efficient management of their properties. The delicate equilibrium between gains and prestige –intended as an indirect means to acquire wealth– as well as the intermingling of religious worries make it difficult to get a balanced view of the real situation and its evolution, which is none the less necessary.
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Historia económica, Historia intelectual, Nobleza, Gestión patrimonial, Economic history, Intellectual history, Nobility, Management of landed property
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Revista de Historia Económica Año XXIII 2005 n. extra pp. 45-68