Estado - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 10:54:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Estado - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Mayorazgo. Feudal Property in Castile (1369-1836) https://historylab.es/mayorazgo-feudal-property-in-castile-1369-1836/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mayorazgo-feudal-property-in-castile-1369-1836 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:46 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/mayorazgo-propiedad-feudal-en-castilla-1369-1836/ Fragment of text in which Bartolomé Clvero points out the tensions existing between the monarchy and the nobility when the former has a reformist spirit

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]]> Clavero’s words are framed between the second half of the 18th century and the 19th century. At this time, the enlightened and reformers proposed changes aimed at modernising the country, a claim that was not always in line with the interests of other social groups, in this case the nobility. The struggle against these institutions, which according to the Enlightenment had hindered economic progress, took place as these reforms found some support in political power. Little by little, legislation would attempt to intervene in this type of feudal regimes in order to obtain greater tax revenues as well as greater political intervention. The bourgeoisie sought with this type of reform to consolidate political power on a territorial level, for which the power of the lords was an obstacle. At the same time, they wanted to establish a capitalist economy, which required the abolition of this feudal institution. For the monarchy, the interest lay in meeting the increase in state expenditure, which, according to Francisco Javier Guillamon Alvarez, had become burdensome since the end of the 18th century.

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]]> Charter XXVIII https://historylab.es/charter-xxviii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charter-xxviii Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:40 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/carta-xxviii/ Fragment of text in which Alexander Jardine criticises the rapacity of the interventionist state

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]]> This text excerpt describes Alexander Jardine’s position on the function of the state at its worst. He understands that the control mechanisms of this superstructure were intended to make a thorough study of the material and human capacities of the kingdom in question in order to be able to extract resources more effectively. It was thus the case that the most sophisticated and interventionist state was in fact the one that impoverished its subjects the most. This view stems from his conception of the state, which differed from other personalities of his time, such as Campomanes, who conceived of the state in its centralising aspect and as an entity that imposed order. Jardine, on the other hand, and like Montesquieu, conceived of the state as a guarantor of security and freedom for individuals.

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