Francisco Chacon Jimenez

Francisco Chacon Jimenez is a researcher affiliated with the Universidad de Murcia, focusing on social history, family studies, and local history. He earned his doctorate in 1977 with a thesis on 16th-century Murcia under Dr. Pere Molas Ribalta. His work explores early modern Spanish society, emphasizing family power structures, social reproduction, and Mediterranean regional dynamics.

• Universidad de Murcia
• Departamento de Historia (implied through collaborations)

His research spans family dynamics, social mobility, and power elites, with collaborations on topics like Poder, Familia y Consanguinidad and Familias, experiencias de cambio y movilidad social. Key themes include household typology, inheritance systems, and rural society.

Major publications analyze Murcia's 16th-century society, Castilian family property continuity (1988), and Lorca's 18th-century social reproduction (2002). He co-edited works like Reflexiones Sobre La Familia (2000) and HOGAR Y FAMILIA. MOVILIDAD SOCIAL (2000), contributing to debates on historical demography and social inequality.