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Pedro Nolasco del Río. Jobs

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The service records, normally included in the personal files of military or government agents, give a good account of the merits, actions, actions, participations, injuries, permissions, marriages, etc. of these people. These data allow us to know what kind of personal trajectories the agents who made up the government structures of the Hispanic Monarchy throughout the Modern Age constructed, in such a way that their analysis is very useful for understanding and reconstructing the political system.

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Carlos Aguado. Service Sheet

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José María Ciria Beteta. Service Sheet

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Merits of Miguel Francisco de Bañuelos Cabeza de Vaca

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Francisco Carabaño. Grade

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Madrid Gazette

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Gazeta is the database that offers the historical collection of the Official Gazette and contains provisions and news published in the official newspapers that preceded the current “Official State Gazette” from 1661 to 1959. The digital collection contains around 1,450,000 documents with a wide variety of news items – announcements, communications, regulations, etc. – many of them of great historical interest, constituting a rich source of information on the most important events of each period, both national and foreign. The database offers an index with the different historical periods it covers, including the reigns and main historical moments of Spain from the 17th to the 20th centuries.On the other hand, it is important to point out that since its beginning in 1661 and throughout its history, the Gaceta received different titles, and that at certain historical moments, several official newspapers coexisted under different names.

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Royal Decree of Charles III authorising the creation of a National Bank called the Bank of San Carlos

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The 18th century, even in a European context, saw the beginning of a period of marked economic protectionism. This period was marked by the need to impose heavy taxes on imports and to free the movement of goods within the country from these economic obstacles. In 1782, the Spanish monarchy created the Banco de San Carlos, the first national bank in Spain, to deal with this situation, although its activity did not alleviate the problems of the Treasury.

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Philip II, Renaissance prince and champion of the Catholic faith

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:35 +0000

Radio documentary in which prestigious historians analyse the complex personality and reign of Philip II, his Empire and the difficulties in managing it, as well as his determination to defend the Catholic religion. It highlights his facet as a Renaissance prince who built El Escorial and treasured fourteen thousand volumes in his library; as an art collector (Bosch, Titian, Flemish painters, etc.) or as a promoter of town planning and fortifications in America, in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Panama, for example. It deals with his image distorted by the Black Legend as a fanatic king and defender of the Inquisition, which was propagated by his enemies in England and the Netherlands. Apart from self-interested manipulations, the video also analyses the dark points of his reign, from the death of his son, the infant Charles, to the long and continuous wars he waged as a champion of Catholicism. Wars against England, the Netherlands and the Turks left the country exhausted and on the verge of ruin with several bankruptcies. In Documentos RNE, Modesta Cruz tackles the controversial figure of Philip II through leading specialists such as the professors of Modern History at the Complutense University of Madrid, Enrique Martínez and Fernando Bouza. Also featured are commentaries by Geoffrey Parker and John Elliot, and the late Manuel Fernández Álvarez and Joseph Pérez, great connoisseurs of the period of Philip II.

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Cardinal Cisneros, Church and State policy

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Radio documentary that deals with the figure of Cardinal Cisneros as a man of the Church and of the State at a key time in the history of Spain, the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. Between the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, in the midst of a serious political, dynastic and religious crisis, he stood out for his reforms in the ecclesiastical sphere and for his intervention in political life. Confessor to Isabella the Catholic and, shortly afterwards, archbishop of the primate see of Toledo, his role was fundamental, especially at two important moments: first, at the death of Queen Isabella, and later, after the death of her son-in-law Philip the Handsome. At around the age of seventy, Cisneros took over the regency, from where he contributed to the defence of the monarchical institution. As a cultural patron, he was notable for the creation of a university in Alcalá de Henares and the publication of a Polyglot Bible to correct the translation errors that had accumulated over time. With a script by Modesta Cruz, Documentos RNE takes a closer look at the historical figure of Cardinal Cisneros with the testimony of professors Miguel Ángel Ladero and Antonio Alvar Ezquerra, professor José Luis Gonzalo Sánchez-Molero, and the director of the International Centre for Cisneros Historical Studies at the University of Alcalá, Dolores Cabañas. It also features the opinions of the Hispanist and Prince of Asturias laureate, Joseph Pérez

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Europa Universalis

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:29 +0000

First videogame in the Europa Universalis series, based on a French board game of the same name. It allows you to take control of a European state between 1492 and 1792, with the mission of increasing its power and wealth through military, diplomatic, commercial, religious and colonial actions. It has a map divided into more than 3,600 provinces.

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