ejércitos napoleónicos - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 14:56:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg ejércitos napoleónicos - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Financing of the Napoleonic armies in Navarre between 1808 and 1813 (expressed in Navarrese reales de vellón) https://historylab.es/financing-of-the-napoleonic-armies-in-navarre-between-1808-and-1813-expressed-in-navarrese-reales-de-vellon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=financing-of-the-napoleonic-armies-in-navarre-between-1808-and-1813-expressed-in-navarrese-reales-de-vellon Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:57 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/financiacion-de-los-ejercitos-napoleonicos-en-navarra-entre-1808-y-1813-expresado-en-reales-de-vellon-navarros/ Contributions in cash or in kind to finance the Navarrese armies during the Napoleonic invasion

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]]> After the French invasion, the financial structure of the Ancien Régime was unable to cover the volume of expenditure demanded by the occupying authorities and by the guerrillas who were quick to oppose it. The war machine needed sufficient capital to feed and pay the troops and guarantee their movements in a strategic frontier territory. On the basis of the capital obtained from the Navarrese people by the French administration – through cash taxes – the 45 million reales de vellón were clearly insufficient to cover the supplies consumed between February 1808 and July 1813. If we add a part of the contributions levied in money to pay soldiers and maintain the government’s administration, the real estimate would be less than 42% of the expenditure on supplies.

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