Socuéllamos
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| Coordinates: 39°17′36″N 2°47′39″W / 39.29333°N 2.79417°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castilla–La Mancha |
| Province | Ciudad Real |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Julia Prudencia Medina Alcolea |
| Area | |
| • Total | 374.10 km2 (144.44 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,268 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 13630 |
Socuéllamos is a town and municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha. It is famous for its wines. The abandoned town of is located within Socuéllamos municipal term.[2]
History[]
Juan Osórez, Master of the Order of Santiago, granted a chartae populationis to the place of Socuéllamos in the 1290s, in the context of the quarrel of the order with the concejo of Alcaraz.[3] In order to encourage settlement of the territory, privileges of exemption from taxes and tributes (except for the diezmo paid to Uclés) were granted to those who cultivated vineyards.[4]
By the turn of modernity, Socuéllamos enjoyed a scarcely productive yet extensive encomienda, whereas it was populated by religious and superstitious Old Christians,[5] with no presence of old Mudéjares.[6] Population increased throughout the early 16th century thanks to its strategical crossroads location.[5] In the wake of the 1569 Morisco Revolt, 49 families of unassimilated Granadan moriscos (140 members, nearly 20% of the local population) arrived to the village deported from Granada.[5] Possibly a paragon of the climate of intolerance, the inquisitorial coercion reached unheard-of levels during the 1580s, jailing at least 40 Granadan locals.[7] The ethnic strife within the two communities of Old Christians and moriscos became explosive again years later, and a full-blown pogrom on the morisco community was narrowly averted on 25 October 1609.[8] The convictions of the offenders were eventually dismissed and soon after all the moriscos had left the village.[9]
References[]
- Citations
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Francisco Javier Escudero Buendía, Tras los orígenes de La Mancha de Vejezate. Socuéllamos,(2001)
- ^ Escudero Buendía 2002, p. 69; 73.
- ^ Escudero Buendía 2002, p. 69.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gómez Vozmediano 1998, p. 369.
- ^ Gómez Vozmediano 2010, p. 80.
- ^ Gómez Vozmediano 1998, p. 370.
- ^ Gómez Vozmediano 2010, p. 82.
- ^ Gómez Vozmediano 2010, p. 83.
- Bibliography
- Escudero Buendía, Francisco Javier (2002). "Disputas territoriales entre Alcaraz y la Orden de Santiago en el siglo XIII la partición definitiva de 1294, origen de Villarrobledo y Socuéllamos". II Congreso de Historia de Albacete: del 22 al 25 de noviembre de 2000. 2. pp. 63–76. ISBN 84-95394-41-3.
- Gómez Vozmediano, Miguel Fernando (1998). "Impacto del alzamiento de los moriscos granadinos en los dominios de la Orden de Santiago" (PDF). Congreso Internacional "Felipe II (1598-1998), Europa dividida, la monarquía católica de Felipe II (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 20-23 abril 1998). 2. Madrid: Parteluz. pp. 361–378.
- Gómez Vozmediano, Miguel Fernando (2010). "La expulsión de los moriscos granadinos de la Mancha a inicios del siglo XVII". Chronica Nova. 36: 67–114. ISSN 0210-9611.
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