La economía y la vida cotidiana del Colegio Seminario de los Agustinos Filipinos de Valladolid en la primera mitad del siglo XIX (1800-1850)

Abstract

This essay explores the college seminary life of the Filipino Augustinians in Valladolid, particularly its economy, income and expenses, and the political and social context, which brought it into existence in the first half of the 19th century. It was a period of political instability in Spain, with the transition from the old regime to modernity, the invasion of the peninsula by the Napoleonic army, as well as the fall of Absolutism. Despite all these, the Augustinian College Seminary emerged resilient from this situation, reaching the second half of the 19th century with the highest number of residents, the convent was filled with great vivacity. It had the premier cultural degree in Spain when the academic reform was implemented in the 1970s. In fifty years, 17 missions with about 228 missionaries went for the Philippines, as stated in the House and Commissary reports.