Editing Guadalajara, Spain (section)

=== Crisis ===

The [[The General Crisis|Crisis of the 17th century]] took a heavy toll in many Castilian cities, and particularly in Guadalajara.{{Sfn|Villaverde Sastre|1996|p=12}} The city was affected by the 1610 [[expulsion of the moriscos]] both in terms of the net demographic loss (10% of the population) as well as by their critical weight in key sectors of the local economy such as the artisanate and trade.{{Sfn|Villaverde Sastre|1996|p=12}} Many palaces were left forsaken.{{Sfn|Villaverde Sastre|1996|p=13}} The Mendozas left the city for good in 1657.{{Sfn|Villaverde Sastre|1996|p=13}}

During the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], in the early 18th century, Guadalajara was sacked. Ravaged by the ''Austracist'' army, a largely ruined Guadalajara hit then its lowest demographic point, with only around 2,200 inhabitants.{{Sfn|Alegre Carvajal|1999|p=235}} Without external assistance the city may have simply ceased to exist.{{Sfn|Villaverde Sastre|1996|p=21}} The 20,000,000 ''[[maravedies]]'' indebted to the Royal Treasury were forgiven in 1716.{{Sfn|Villaverde Sastre|1996|p=21}} [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]] ordered the establishment of the Real Fábrica de Paños (Royal Factory of Clothes), which was opened in the city in 1719 in the Palacio del Marqués de Montesclaros,{{Sfn|Alegre Carvajal|1999|pp=235–236}} critically helping the city to move on from the calamitous situation it found itself.{{Sfn|Villaverde Sastre|1996|p=21}}