Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2010
The objective of this article is twofold. First, it aims to present a general overview of the exploitation regime of pastures during summer time, as well as the 18th-century ownership structure of the migrating cattle in the Sorian mountains. Second, it analyses the evolution during the second half of the century, paying special attention to the effects that the legislation had on the municipal pastures during the reign of Carlos III. The evidence supports the hypothesis that the legislation was the factor which triggered the first crisis in die trashumancia, that preceded the general crisis at die end of the century by several decades.
El propósito de este artículo es doble: pot un lado, presentât una visión general del régimen de aprovechamiento de pastos de verano y de la estructura de la propiedad del ganado trashumante en las sierras sorianas a mediados del siglo XVIII, y, por otro, analizar la evolutión que ambos siguieron durante la segunda mitad de la centuria, prestando especial atención a las repercusiones que allí tuvo la legislation sobre pastos concejiles del reinado de Carlos III. A este respecto, ofrecemos algunos datos que avalan la hipótesis de que dicha legislation rue el factor desencadenante de una primera crisis de la trashumancia serrana, que se adelantó en varias décadas a la crisis general de finales de siglo.