La Congregación y Colegio de Boticarios del Señor San Lucas y Nuestra Señora de la Purificación de Madrid (1654-1675)
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2022
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Real Academia de Farmacia
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González Bueno, Antonio. “La Congregación y Colegio de Boticarios del Señor San Lucas y Nuestra Señora de la Purificación de Madrid (1654-1675)”. An. Real Acad.Farm. Vol. 88. nºextra (2022), pp. 675-692 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.53519/analesranf.2022.88.05.29
Abstract
El 13 de marzo de 1650 Felipe IV firma, en Madrid, una Real Cédula mediante la cual el gremio de los boticarios de Madrid, organizado en torno a la cofradía del Señor San Lucas y Nuestra Señora de la Purificación, queda exento de los impuestos propios de los trabajadores manuales; por ella, el oficio de boticario toma la consideración de ‘arte científica’.
Nuestro análisis gira en torno al funcionamiento interno de este grupo de boticarios madrileños que, pese a su carácter religioso y asistencial, ostenta privilegios gremiales. Una ‘micro-historia’ de una pequeña comunidad profesional – el colectivo sobre el que se centra el estudio rara vez superó el medio centenar de miembros- para la que he utilizado la documentación conservada en el Archivo de la Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia [ARANF]; se trata, en su totalidad, de libros y escritos de carácter administrativo, contable en la mayor parte de los casos, pero cuyo análisis permite vislumbrar los problemas sociales e institucionales a los que se enfrenta este grupo profesional. Otra fuente de información, nada desdeñable, nos la proporcionan los textos de los que los miembros de este grupo son autores, particularmente los opúsculos, de corta tirada, en los que nos hacen partícipes de sus polémicas y de sus diferentes visiones sobre el modo en que evolucionan sus actividades profesionales.
On March 13, 1650 Felipe IV signs, in Madrid, a Royal Certificate by which the guild of apothecaries of Madrid, organized around the brotherhood of ‘Señor San Lucas y Nuestra Señora de la Purificación’, are exempt from its own taxes of manual workers; for it, the apothecary trade is considered a 'scientific art'. Our analysis revolves around the internal functioning of this group of Madrid apothecaries who, despite their religious and welfare nature, hold union privileges. A 'micro-history' of a sma l professional community -the group on which I center my study rarely exceeded fifty members- for which I have used the documentation preserved in the Archive of the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy [ARANF]. It is, in its entirety, books and writings of an administrative nature, accounting in most cases, but whose analysis a lows us to glimpse the social and institutional problems faced by this professional group. Another source of information, not insignificant, is provided by the texts of which the members of this group are authors, particularly the short-run booklets, in which they make us part of their controversies and their different views on the way in which that their professional activities have to evolve.
On March 13, 1650 Felipe IV signs, in Madrid, a Royal Certificate by which the guild of apothecaries of Madrid, organized around the brotherhood of ‘Señor San Lucas y Nuestra Señora de la Purificación’, are exempt from its own taxes of manual workers; for it, the apothecary trade is considered a 'scientific art'. Our analysis revolves around the internal functioning of this group of Madrid apothecaries who, despite their religious and welfare nature, hold union privileges. A 'micro-history' of a sma l professional community -the group on which I center my study rarely exceeded fifty members- for which I have used the documentation preserved in the Archive of the Royal National Academy of Pharmacy [ARANF]. It is, in its entirety, books and writings of an administrative nature, accounting in most cases, but whose analysis a lows us to glimpse the social and institutional problems faced by this professional group. Another source of information, not insignificant, is provided by the texts of which the members of this group are authors, particularly the short-run booklets, in which they make us part of their controversies and their different views on the way in which that their professional activities have to evolve.