This term refers to a set or many things that can be carried out on a trip, which is also called baggage luggage. A set of acquired knowledge or an event, news or fact that is available to someone, this is called intellectual and artistic baggage. Baggage used in the army or navy.
The concept is also used to name the luggage that troops carry when they march and, by extension, the animal used to transport members or luggage of the army.
Continuing in the field of the armed forces, in ancient times the baggage was called the load that forced the inhabitants of the Spanish cities to contribute to the army when it passed through their towns. These neighbors, for the baggage, had the obligation to put their horses and their cars at the disposal of the troops to transport their luggage or even soldiers with health problems.
The term baggage, on the other hand, is used in a symbolic sense to refer to the knowledge, skills, abilities, or experience of an individual. In this case, the baggage is the "intellectual baggage" that a person carries: "I think Antonio is the ideal candidate for the position due to his enormous cultural baggage", "He is a player who comes to our team with an important baggage", "Playing this character gave me an emotional baggage that I will always carry with me"
A couple of centuries ago, more precisely in the first years of the 18th century, in 1710, in Spain, an ordinance was established that stipulated baggage, a contribution that had to be paid by the residents of some Spanish cities through which the army circulated. with their carriages, chariots and horses. In the ordinance that takes effect on March 10, 1710, the amount that the neighbor had to pay was indicated.
Meanwhile, they were exempted from the rule: the nobility, the priests, the mayor, the councilor, the trustee, the guardian of the mountain, the tobacconists, among others.
