The Kingdom of Granada under the crisis of the 17th Century: the case of the Valle de Lecrín and the epidemics at the end of the Century

Abstract

During the last third of the 17th century, Spain plunged into another new population crisis caused by the plague and the bad harvests of 1678 and 1679. This fact influenced the region of the Valle de Lecrín, an obligatory passage of goods between Granada and the coast that it succumbed severely in the town, where the Diocese also seized the little stored wheat. The neighbors saw their lives threatened, coming to make unthinkable decisions to save themselves. When analyzing this phenomenon, two other subsequent crises have been seen that, although they seemed minor, altered the lives of this rural region of Granada.