{"id":1388,"date":"2024-10-04T12:17:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/the-wool-industry-and-trade\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:53:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T15:53:56","slug":"the-wool-industry-and-trade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/en\/the-wool-industry-and-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"The wool industry and trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1388\" class=\"elementor elementor-1388 elementor-502\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c066725 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c066725\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b550b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b550b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8697cd9 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"8697cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/historia-del-camino\/\" class=\"elementor-icon\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"History of the road\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-arrow-left\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M257.5 445.1l-22.2 22.2c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0L7 273c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L201.4 44.7c9.4-9.4 24.6-9.4 33.9 0l22.2 22.2c9.5 9.5 9.3 25-.4 34.3L136.6 216H424c13.3 0 24 10.7 24 24v32c0 13.3-10.7 24-24 24H136.6l120.5 114.8c9.8 9.3 10 24.8.4 34.3z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/historia-del-camino\/\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHistory of the road\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94334da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94334da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The wool industry and trade<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f36821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2f36821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since the late Middle Ages, the exit of raw materials and manufactured goods to the different commercial circuits was carried out through narrow bridle paths such as the one of the pylons. This route connected the towns of the high mountain ranges of G\u00fadar-Maestrazgo where there was an intense production of wool. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9475e6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9475e6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb6517f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bb6517f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b685cc3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b685cc3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67f0d5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67f0d5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Maestrazgo wool<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b896d77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b896d77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de56fe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6de56fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c315dc dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c315dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/la-lana-del-maestrazgo.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1306\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/la-lana-del-maestrazgo.png 864w, https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/la-lana-del-maestrazgo-300x286.png 300w, https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/la-lana-del-maestrazgo-768x732.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Engraving by Gustave Dor\u00e9, 1862.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ac442 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"87ac442\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9099213 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9099213\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most important economic sector that developed in the Maestrazgo in the late medieval and modern period was agriculture and livestock. The existence of large flocks of sheep, due to the granting of special privileges and concessions to farmers, allowed the production of large quantities of wool that were exported to the powerful textile industries of various cities in the Western Mediterranean, mainly in France, Italy, the Netherlands and England. <\/p>\n<p>Thus, the development of the textile industry and specialization of the territory that developed in parallel was conditioned by the orography of the region, with large production centers along with small centers of dispersed production. The harsh climatic conditions of winter made the inhabitants of the region take advantage of the wool surplus to produce, in the coldest months, different products such as cloths, cloths, cordellates or estame\u00f1as in their looms. Later, in the warmer months, these products were marketed over a wide geographical area.  <\/p>\n<p>Thus, the textile industry was an important activity that made possible, in certain periods, the demographic flourishing of the region to a greater extent than a traditional agricultural economy would have allowed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a288b70 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a288b70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a59479f elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a59479f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; preserveAspectRatio=&#039;xMidYMid meet&#039; overflow=&#039;visible&#039; height=&#039;100%&#039; viewBox=&#039;0 0 120 26&#039; fill=&#039;black&#039; stroke=&#039;none&#039;%3E%3Cpath d=&#039;M11.9,15.9L11.9,15.9L0,16c-0.2-3.7,1.5-5.7,4.9-6C10,9.6,12.4,14.2,11.9,15.9zM26.9,15.9L26.9,15.9L15,16c0.5-3.7,2.5-5.7,5.9-6C26,9.6,27.4,14.2,26.9,15.9z M37.1,10c3.4,0.3,5.1,2.3,4.9,6H30.1C29.5,14.4,31.9,9.6,37.1,10z M57,15.9L57,15.9L45,16c0-3.4,1.6-5.4,4.9-5.9C54.8,9.3,57.4,14.2,57,15.9z M71.9,15.9L71.9,15.9L60,16c-0.2-3.7,1.5-5.7,4.9-6C70,9.6,72.4,14.2,71.9,15.9z M82.2,10c3.4,0.3,5,2.3,4.8,6H75.3C74,13,77.1,9.6,82.2,10zM101.9,15.9L101.9,15.9L90,16c-0.2-3.7,1.5-5.7,4.9-6C100,9.6,102.4,14.2,101.9,15.9z M112.1,10.1c2.7,0.5,4.3,2.5,4.9,5.9h-11.9l0,0C104.5,14.4,108,9.3,112.1,10.1z&#039;\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a9dd41 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a9dd41\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af0d93 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5af0d93\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07b1fff e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"07b1fff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78980db dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78980db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/La-lana.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1308\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/La-lana.png 941w, https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/La-lana-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/La-lana-768x729.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Spinner (Cantavieja). Collection of photographs Grao Matesanz. CEMAT.  <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e6bbd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"64e6bbd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b699e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01b699e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Textile production centers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa739a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4aa739a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">In Maestrazgo there were different textile production centers located in the towns scattered throughout the territory, with a large number of people dedicated to this industry. In some towns there were specific guilds of pelaires and weavers, each with its own organization and governed by overseers and clavarios, people who were dedicated to controlling the production, quality and prices of the products. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In Villarroya de los Pinares, in 1582 King Philip II granted a privilege to the local pelaires and weavers, establishing the guild&#8217;s trades. Each had its own organization and were under the patronage of Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de la Expectaci\u00f3n del Parto and Santa Luc\u00eda, with festivities on December 13 and 18. For the service of both guilds there was a fulling mill on the Guadalope River.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In addition to selling to individuals, orders were also placed for the military. In fact, throughout the 18th century, the pelaires and weavers of Villarroya de los Pinares were commissioned to make different pieces for the clothing of the army troops. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb8f8a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3eb8f8a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d8f3e elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--no-spacing elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"37d8f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=&#039;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg&#039; 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Along with them, there were artisans and merchants who specialized in the production and trade of wool and fabrics, notaries, ecclesiastics and families of the lower nobility. <\/p>\n<p>The rural elites owned important agricultural properties and controlled the direct exploitation of sheep farming, combining these activities with the trade of fabrics and money lending at interest. The crisis suffered between the middle of the 14th century and the end of the 15th century due to periods of famine, outbreaks of plague and wars, produced an important demographic decline in the region. From the 16th century onwards, a new period of prosperity began, in which some members of the local oligarchies built the imposing palaces that are preserved in the monumental urban centers of the towns of Maestrazgo.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-929e35d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"929e35d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e706e39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e706e39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84fd1e5 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84fd1e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/caminodelospilones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/2-ALTO-Y-TRAGO-GISBERT-JIMENO-qv1wh89bvjnetqdqnmq89cjzeyxju209l1rvt86r9k.jpg\" title=\"2-ALTO Y TRAGO-GISBERT JIMENO\" alt=\"2-ALTO Y TRAGO-GISBERT JIMENO\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">\"Alto y trago de arrieros aragoneses\" by Salvador Gisbert Jimeno. Cajamar Caja Rural Art Collection. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2a304a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2a304a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Traveling on narrow roads<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc51e6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc51e6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The high mountain ranges of G\u00fadar-Maestrazgo were a place of passage for numerous products. Wheat and wool were produced in the area, and the latter was transformed into manufactured products. All of this was exported to other places from which products that the area lacked were obtained. Thus, this system generated an important transit of people, goods and animals. Travel along these routes was done on foot or with pack animals. Due to their robustness, size and resistance, mules (a cross between a mare and a donkey or ass) were usually used, animals that were driven by transport professionals or by people who alternated this activity with others.     <\/p>\n<p>These routes were not free of risks. In fact, one of the most feared was the existence of bandits, highwaymen and men of bad life that made the transit between villages difficult. <\/p>\n<p>Banditry was especially intense between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries in these mountain areas, a situation that forced the declaration of a state of exception for the Bayl\u00edas of Aliaga, Cantavieja and Castellote, where harsher penalties than those of the Aragonese fuero were applied.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aabe630 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aabe630\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94eeca8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94eeca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the documents preserved, special mention is made of banditry, vagrancy and the formation of gangs in the mountains and on the roads. Those who manufactured, sold or repaired weapons for the bandits or gave them food were also punished, except those who were forced to do so and gave an account to the Justice or Jurors of the town. <\/p>\n<p>The groups of bandits were composed of the most disadvantaged, poor peasants or people who were poorly integrated into society. Banditry proliferated in times of low agricultural production and in periods of war and conflict and especially affected areas of complicated orography, trade routes and border areas where to take refuge. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fff601 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9fff601\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a20397 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a20397\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b380fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b380fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bibliography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-040111b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"040111b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">ASSO, Ignacio de, &#8220;Historia de la econom\u00eda pol\u00edtica de Arag\u00f3n&#8221;, Zaragoza, 1798, (prologue and indexes by Jos\u00e9 Manuel Casas Torres), Zaragoza, CSIC, 1947.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">FEBRER ROMAGUERA, Manuel Vicente; SANCHIS ALFONSO, Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n, &#8220;La configuraci\u00f3n del dominio feudal de la Orden de San Juan del Hospital en las Bail\u00edas de Aliaga, Cantavieja y Castellote (siglos XII-XIX), Villarroya de los Pinares, Ayuntamiento de Villarroya de los Pinares, 2003.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">MADOZ, Pascual, &#8220;Diccionario Geogr\u00e1fico-Estad\u00edstico-Hist\u00f3rico de Espa\u00f1a y sus posesiones de ultramar&#8221;, Madrid, 1845-1850.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">PEIR\u00d3 ARROYO, Antonio. &#8220;Time of industry. Las Tierras Altas turolenses, de la riqueza a la despoblaci\u00f3n&#8221;. Zaragoza. CEDDAR-IET, 2000.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">ROYO P\u00c9REZ, Vicent (coord.) &#8220;When Maestrazgo raised its palaces. Society, architecture and art in medieval and modern times&#8221;. 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