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Hace 4 días · The 18th century was a century of prosperity for the overseas Spanish Empire as trade within grew steadily, particularly in the second half of the century, under the Bourbon reforms. Spain's victory in the Battle of Cartagena de Indias against a British expedition in the Caribbean port of Cartagena de Indias helped Spain secure its dominance of its possessions in the Americas until the 19th ...
Hace 3 días · Charles IV's vacillation, culminating in his failure to honour the alliance by neglecting to enforce the Continental System, led to the invasion of Spain in 1808 under Napoleon I, thereby triggering the Peninsular War, with enormous human and property losses, and loss of control over most of the overseas empire. During most of the 18th century ...
6 de may. de 2024 · Summary. In the 18th century, Spanish Bourbon rulers centralized the government and granted autonomy to conquered territories in the New World through the encomienda system. The system, resembling feudal lordship, facilitated economic activities while also leading to abuses, prompting legislation for native protection.
Hace 3 días · The possible unification of Spain with France, the two big European powers at the time, sparked the Spanish War of Succession in the 18th century, culminating in the treaties of Utrecht (1713) and Rastatt (1714), which preserved the European balance of power. Philip V was the first member of the House of Bourbon (Spanish: Borbón) to rule Spain.
Hace 6 días · Origins of the Spanish Empire. The late 15th century, a period of intense exploration and colonization, is when the Spanish Empire first emerged. Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile led Spain on a string of audacious expeditions that would eventually establish the cornerstone of one of the most powerful empires in history.
Hace 2 días · I trace this elision back to early twentieth-century Spanish writers, especially Blas Infante (1885–1936), who is hailed today as the father of Andalusian nationalism. In post-Franco Spain, Infante’s work has become inextricably linked with the idea of convivencia – that is, the idea that al-Andalus was a place of exceptional tolerance, where Muslims, Christians, and Jews coexisted in ...
4 de may. de 2024 · We study the fiscal and political consequences of state modernization in the Spanish colonial empire in Latin America. We focus on the introduction of a new corps of provincial governors called intendants in the late 18th century. Leveraging the staggered adoption of the reform and administrative fiscal microdata, we show that the intendancy system sizably increased Crown revenue by ...
