The priories of Santa María de Oia in the southwest of Galicia and in the northwest of Portugal at the end of the Modern Age: approach to their economic situation

In this we study the economic situation of three priories dependent of the cistercian monastery of Santa María de Oia, through the analysis of two fundamental aspects. First, analyze the structure and evolution of income for quantities of products in kind or money that annually declared institutions. The main objective is to demonstrate how the administration decentralized through the priories was key to deal with the maintenance of life in community, and therefore essential to meet the expenses of the central house. Secondly, will examine the distribution and evolution of the expenditure to be able to find out the money that was finally sent to the central hous