Administración - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:19:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Administración - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Course on the History of Spanish Law https://historylab.es/course-on-the-history-of-spanish-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=course-on-the-history-of-spanish-law Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/curso-de-historia-del-derecho-espanol/ Fragment of text extolling the important legislative work of Philip V in the history of Spain

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]]> Indeed, with Philip V came a whirlwind of reforms that contributed to the transformation of Spain in every possible way (economic, political, social and military). The very arrival of the monarch was accompanied by a redesign of the administration that had been in place for centuries under the Habsburgs. A structure of secretaries of French heritage was introduced, which broke with the course of consultation with the councils (although parallel administrations were sometimes maintained). In the military sphere, regiments were introduced to replace the tercios, while the fleet was modernised to recover its former strength at sea. On the economic front, the treasury was restructured in order to make tax collection more efficient. Politically, an attempt was made to restore the territorial inheritance of the Habsburgs of Madrid in Italy, which was achieved through family pacts with France. In short, the country was reorganised at all levels. In any case, this set of reforms came in response to the diagnoses made of the country’s situation at the beginning of the 18th century, which spoke of backwardness and the need for urgent reforms.

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]]> The Council of Castile to Philip V https://historylab.es/the-council-of-castile-to-philip-v/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-council-of-castile-to-philip-v Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:35 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-consejo-de-castilla-a-felipe-v/ Text from 1704 in which the Council of Castile writes to Philip V reminding him that it is the most competent and authorised body to deal with his orders

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]]> The arrival of Philip V in Spain and the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession forced a reorganisation of the administration in order to optimise the effectiveness of obtaining resources to finance the conflict. This led to the creation of the Secretariat of the Universal Office, which attempted to cover the areas of war and finance. However, this new administration clashed directly with the existing ones in the territory. The Council of Casilla and the new secretariat fought over the crossover of powers. The old Council saw the new extraordinary channels that had been introduced as a usurpation of powers. The new administration was in fact a response to the French influence of the new monarch, who, wishing to copy the achievements of his grandfather Louis XIV, introduced this type of reform in order to centralise the mechanisms of control over the territory.

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]]> Decree of the Nueva Planta of the Audience of the Principality of Catalonia (1716) https://historylab.es/decree-of-the-nueva-planta-of-the-audience-of-the-principality-of-catalonia-1716/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=decree-of-the-nueva-planta-of-the-audience-of-the-principality-of-catalonia-1716 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:16 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/decreto-de-nueva-planta-de-la-audiencia-del-principado-de-cataluna-1716/ Decree of Nueva Planta applied to the Principality of Catalonia on 16 January 1716 after the War of Succession

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]]> Philip V’s victory in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) led to the establishment of a new political and administrative reality in Spain. The old feudal institutions were replaced by other forms of centralist government whose aim was, in the words of Philip V, to establish “the same laws, customs, usages, customs and courts […] to abolish and entirely repeal […] all privileges, privileges, practices and customs…”. The new reality generalised the legislation of Castile to the whole territory. However, the territories that supported Philip against Archduke Charles, the Basque areas and Navarre, did maintain the foral regime. The documentation presented here corresponds to the Nueva Planta Decree of the Audiencia of the Principality of Catalonia.

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