Fueros. - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:35:19 +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 Fueros. - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Confirmation of all the privileges, freedoms and liberties of the Lordship of Vizcaya by Emperor Charles V https://historylab.es/confirmation-of-all-the-privileges-freedoms-and-liberties-of-the-lordship-of-vizcaya-by-emperor-charles-v/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=confirmation-of-all-the-privileges-freedoms-and-liberties-of-the-lordship-of-vizcaya-by-emperor-charles-v Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/confirmacion-de-todos-los-fueros-franquezas-y-libertades-del-senorio-de-vizcaya-por-el-emperador-carlos-v/ Confirmation of all the privileges, franchises and liberties of the Lordship of Vizcaya, by the Emperor Charles the Fifth and Dª Juana his mother in Valladolid on 10 July 1523

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]]> One of the most outstanding peculiarities of the history of the Basque provinces lies in the existence of a foral regime, inherited from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age. The fueros, with some exceptions, are laws particular to a town, territory, social group or institution.

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]]> The new Spain of the first Bourbons: Philip V. Memory of Spain https://historylab.es/the-new-spain-of-the-first-bourbons-philip-v-memory-of-spain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-new-spain-of-the-first-bourbons-philip-v-memory-of-spain Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:59 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-nueva-espana-de-los-primeros-borbones-felipe-v-memoria-de-espana/ Episode 16 of the documentary series Memory of Spain: The New Spain of Philip V.

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]]> Episode 16 of the documentary series “Memories of Spain”. The descriptor on the rtve a la carte website contains the following summary: After the death of Charles II last Austria, the war of succession between France and Austria for the Spanish throne breaks out. Philip V (1700-1746), grandson of Louis XIV King of France, finally assumed the crown. Philip V centralised the state and abolished the privileges of Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia and Majorca. He only respected the institutions of the Basque Country and Navarre, which supported him in the war. He was succeeded by Ferdinand VI (1713-1759) and Charles III (1716-1788). It is advised by Ricardo García Cárcel and lasts 51:52 minutes

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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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]]> Philip V, the king who reigned twice https://historylab.es/philip-v-the-king-who-reigned-twice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philip-v-the-king-who-reigned-twice Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:54 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/felipe-v-el-rey-que-reino-dos-veces/ Online article from the magazine Historia y Vida on "Philip V, the king who reigned twice"

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]]> Article by Henry Kamen published in the magazine Historia y Vida Nº 99. Kamen summarises some of the most relevant events of the first reign of Philip V, until his abdication to his son Louis I. The article is accompanied by interesting images such as the portrait of Philip V, by Jean Ranc; Louis XIV presents his grandson, the Duke of Anjou, as the new king of Spain by François Gerard; The assault on the main body of the Place, by Jacques Rigaud; a photograph of the Royal Palace of La Granja; and the portrait of Louis I by Jean Ranc.

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