1707 - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:35:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg 1707 - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Philip VI decrees the suppression of the Council of Aragon in 1707 https://historylab.es/philip-vi-decrees-the-suppression-of-the-council-of-aragon-in-1707/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philip-vi-decrees-the-suppression-of-the-council-of-aragon-in-1707 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/felipe-vi-decreta-suprimir-el-consejo-de-aragon-en-1707/ Decree on the suppression of the Council of Aragon

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]]> The War of Succession pitted Philip of Bourbon against Archduke Charles. Philip of Bourbon, faced with the refusal of the councillors of Aragon to eliminate their charters, decreed the suppression of the Council of Aragon. The Council had jurisdiction over the territories belonging to the Crown: Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Majorca and Sardinia, and its task was to control the fueros and jurisprudence. The aim of the Felipist faction was to centralise the institutions in the Council and Chamber of Castile. Along these lines, he also contributed the Nueva Planta Decrees, which abolished the laws, institutions and privileges of the Crown of Aragon in order to bring them into line with those of Castile.

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]]> The Battle of Almansa https://historylab.es/the-battle-of-almansa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-battle-of-almansa Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:09 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-batalla-de-almansa/ The resource depicts a representation of the battle of Almansa fought in 1707 in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession. The painting dates from 1709 and was painted by Filippo Pallotta and Buonaventura Ligli. The work is in the Museo del Prado

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]]> The resource shows the battle that took place in the fields of Almansa, on 25 April 1707, during the confrontation between Habsburgs and Bourbons in the context of the War of Succession (1701-1715), for the succession to the Crown of Spain. In this confrontation, Philip V’s troops defeated those of Archduke Charles of Austria. The victory of the Bourbon troops was not decisive for the war, but it did open the gates of the Kingdom of Valencia, which was occupied by the Bourbon army. This entailed the loss of its Fueros, when Philip V enacted the Nueva Planta Decree in 1707

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]]> Battle of Almansa https://historylab.es/battle-of-almansa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=battle-of-almansa Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:54 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/batalla-de-almansa/ Explanatory video of the Battle of Almansa

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]]> 17.41 minute video produced by the Generalitat Valenciana to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Almansa (25 April 1707). The causes of the War of the Spanish Succession are introduced and an animated recreation of this battle is presented. Finally, the consequences of the subsequent Bourbon victories that ended with the entry of the Duke of Berwick into Valencia and the loss of the privileges of Aragon and Valencia are presented.

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