HAMER FLORES, ADOLFO
No
Tiempos Modernos
Article
Científica
01/12/2024
001414502400010
This article analyses how the institutions of the New Settlements of Sierra Morena and Andalusia, the great agrarian colonization project promoted during the reign of Charles III, protected the welfare and assets of orphaned minors throughout the entire feudal period. In a first phase, which lasted until 1793, management was decentralized and showed problems; hence the creation of the position of child ombudsman in the two territorial jurisdictions of this new jurisdiction. This position, like the protection of minors within the colonization process itself, has not been analysed until now. Through a qualitative analysis of the preserved documentation, as well as a quantitative analysis when this was possible, we have tried to understand the social impact of its implementation in the new colonies; where it not only significantly limited the powers of the minors' relatives in the management of their assets but also facilitated the use of those assets as if they were a credit institution, assuming excessive risks at some stage.
Guardianship; family heritage; agrarian colonization; Andalusia; Early Modern Period