Police for vagabonds in spanish cities of the 18<sup>th</p>century

Abstract

In the eighteenth century, a particular administration of begging and vagrancy was developed in all Europe, and also in Spain. The government showed a particular interest about this kind of people because the enlightened writers thought they were one of the main problems for the progress of the Nation. The idea was to assist only the real paupers in public institutions and make work the vagues or slakers. That's why the monarchy began to regulate a question that traditionally was concerned the municipalities.