The Crisis In The 17th Century

This is a proyecto of history

2. Climatic crisis.
Economic crisis.
Social and politics disarrange.
Demografic crisis.
Ideologic crisis.

3. In the 17th c, the Spanish population
declined sharply for several reasons.
Thousands of people died as a result
of bad harvests and outbreaks of the
plague.
The most serious outbreak was in
1599, and killed almost half a
million people.

4. The expulsion of the Moriscos.
Deaths caused by the frequent
wars.
Emigration to America by people
seeking a better life in the New
World.

5. The Spanish economy had grown
in the 16th c, but in the 17th c,
it went into recession, for
various reasons.
Agriculture suffered a severe
crisis caused by drougths and
floods, and bad farming
practices.

6. Craftsmanship declined as cheaper
products were imported from
northern Europe.
Trade declined and trade fairs
became less important.
In addition, Spanish kings went
increasingly into debt and often had
to declare bankruptcy.
Stockbreeding was disninuyed.

7. The values of European
society encouraged an
inactive life.
The nobles who lived off rents
from their land were
admired.

8. In Spain, precious metals from the
Arericas had made the nobles very
rich.
They lived in luxury, while high prices
and taxes ruined industry and
agriculture.
Much of the population did no
productive work, and lived from
begging and crime.

9. Peasants did not had lands.
Crafstmen were very poors.
Nobles did not live with their lands
People ended lived like they could or
beggarliness.
The Crown of Aragon was who less
suffed the crisis.

10. This is a letter of the English
Embajador in 1640 to Spain.

11. Respecto al estado de este reino, nunca hubiera
podido imaginarme que llegara a verlo como
está ahora, pues el pueblo empieza a decaer
y los que aún resisten se hallan
descorazonados. No tienen un solo hombre
con capacidad de mandar un ejército. Las
rentas del rey, al cobrarse en monedas de
cobre, disminuyen una tercera parte al
convertirse en plata. Empiezan ya a echar
mano de las vajillas de plata de los
particulares que, junto con las iglesias, es
todo lo que hay en el reino. La justicia está
aquí del todo extinguida y el pueblo casi
desespera. Esta monarquía corre grave peligro
de arruinarse por completo.