A Needle in a Haystack: Looking for an Early Modern Peasant Who Travelled from Spain to America

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Albiez Wieck, Sarah; Gil Montero, Raquel
Año de publicación
2022
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Seventeenth-century travel accounts written by ordinary people are a rarity. In this article, we analyze the unusual travel report by Gregorio de Robles, a Castilian peasant (labrador) who travelled several European empires in Western Europe and America at the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries. The approach we offer is that of a global microhistory. The aim of this article is mainly methodological: we try to delineate the methodological steps we had to undertake to trace Robles in the sources. Looking for an early modern peasant traveler is comparable to searching for a needle in a haystack, but we argue that this endeavor is worthwhile because Robles offers a unique perspective on how ordinary people traveled in early modern times and on imperial frontier zones. We show that his convivial ties and the places he mentions were key elements in the methodology.
Fil: Albiez Wieck, Sarah. Universitaet Zu Koeln; Alemania
Fil: Gil Montero, Raquel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
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GLOBAL MICROHISTORY
TRAVEL ACCOUNTS
PEASANTS
METHODOLOGY
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title A Needle in a Haystack: Looking for an Early Modern Peasant Who Travelled from Spain to America
spellingShingle A Needle in a Haystack: Looking for an Early Modern Peasant Who Travelled from Spain to America
Albiez Wieck, Sarah
GLOBAL MICROHISTORY
TRAVEL ACCOUNTS
PEASANTS
METHODOLOGY
title_short A Needle in a Haystack: Looking for an Early Modern Peasant Who Travelled from Spain to America
title_full A Needle in a Haystack: Looking for an Early Modern Peasant Who Travelled from Spain to America
title_fullStr A Needle in a Haystack: Looking for an Early Modern Peasant Who Travelled from Spain to America
title_full_unstemmed A Needle in a Haystack: Looking for an Early Modern Peasant Who Travelled from Spain to America
title_sort A Needle in a Haystack: Looking for an Early Modern Peasant Who Travelled from Spain to America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Albiez Wieck, Sarah
Gil Montero, Raquel
author Albiez Wieck, Sarah
author_facet Albiez Wieck, Sarah
Gil Montero, Raquel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv GLOBAL MICROHISTORY
TRAVEL ACCOUNTS
PEASANTS
METHODOLOGY
topic GLOBAL MICROHISTORY
TRAVEL ACCOUNTS
PEASANTS
METHODOLOGY
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Fil: Albiez Wieck, Sarah. Universitaet Zu Koeln; Alemania
Fil: Gil Montero, Raquel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales; Argentina
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