Militares - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 14:54:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Militares - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Íñigo López de Mendoza, 2nd Count of Tendilla and 1st Marquis of Mondejar https://historylab.es/inigo-lopez-de-mendoza-2nd-count-of-tendilla-and-1st-marquis-of-mondejar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inigo-lopez-de-mendoza-2nd-count-of-tendilla-and-1st-marquis-of-mondejar Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:18 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/inigo-lopez-de-mendoza-ii-conde-de-tendilla-y-i-marques-de-mondejar/ Portrait of Íñigo López de Mendoza painted by Juan Bautista de Espinosa

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]]> Íñigo López de Mendoza stood out as a great ally of King Ferdinand the Catholic, being captain general of the Kingdom of Granada and participating directly in the War of Granada at the end of the 15th century. After the victory, he was appointed the first governor of Granada, a post he held until the end of his life, combining the coexistence of victors and vanquished with the affairs of running the city, such as administrative and economic matters.
The original work was kept in the former collection of the Duke of Osuna, although its track has been lost, but it appears constantly in the documentation. The copy made by Francisco Díaz Carreño between 1877 and 1878, which is in the collections of the Museo del Prado, is better known today.
Both the portrait itself and the meticulousness with which it complements the setting are outstanding pictorially. It shows the main figure in front of a window, with a grenade emphasising the importance of the conflict in Granada and with significant elements of military command such as the staff in his hand and the helmet resting on the window. Stylistically, Juan Bautista de Espinosa shows the strong portrait painting tradition of the late 16th century, marking out isolated figures and very precise lines in the drawing.

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]]> 16th century Spanish dresses https://historylab.es/16th-century-spanish-dresses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=16th-century-spanish-dresses Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vestidos-espanoles-del-siglo-xvi/ Set of engravings of 16th-century Spanish costumes by M. de Gaignières. It belongs to the Compilation of foreign costumes made by M. de Gaignières, imitating the costumes of France (Spain, 1572).

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]]> This resource includes a total of 23 prints depicting the traditional Spanish clothing of 16th century society. In them, the clothing of men and women from different social and economic backgrounds can be analysed.

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]]> Dressing in the French style according to the occupations of young people in Madrid, 1751-1800 https://historylab.es/dressing-in-the-french-style-according-to-the-occupations-of-young-people-in-madrid-1751-1800/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dressing-in-the-french-style-according-to-the-occupations-of-young-people-in-madrid-1751-1800 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:36 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vestir-a-la-francesa-segun-las-ocupaciones-de-los-jovenes-de-madrid-1751-1800/ Professional fields where French-style dress was predominant

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]]> During the second half of the 18th century, young people in Madrid showed a change in trends with respect to the professional groups who wore French garments. If at the beginning of the century it was the military, nobles and officers of the Royal Household who most used Gallic clothing, the “fashion” gradually spread to the bourgeois classes linked to education, technical competence, security, doctors and apothecaries. Twenty percent of this group was now above the military, the nobility and the Royal Household (4%, 5% and 6% respectively), as well as clerks, businessmen and those connected with the guilds and crafts. Overall, French-style dress became the fashion throughout the 18th century.

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]]> Provision of food supplies to the Spanish army in 1738 https://historylab.es/provision-of-food-supplies-to-the-spanish-army-in-1738/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=provision-of-food-supplies-to-the-spanish-army-in-1738 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:29:07 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/provision-de-viveres-al-ejercito-espanol-en-1738/ Table showing the cost of food supplies for the Spanish army by region and for the Court and Royal Sites in 1738

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]]> The arrival of the Bourbons to the Spanish throne at the beginning of the 18th century brought about a new conceptualisation of the State by taking on functions that either corresponded to the private sphere or were considered archaic as a remnant of the medieval past. In this context, during the 1930s, the State sought to bring order to the lack of control that existed in the private supply of provisions to the army. To this end, the General Accountant’s Office for the Provision of Army Provisions was created. Thus, the author shows how in 1738 more than 10% of the rations of bread and bushels of barley destined for the army were given to the troops of the Court and Royal Sites; 3,093,330 reales compared to the 27,211,024 that the supplies cost for the battalions and squadrons stationed in the territories of the national geography of the peninsula and Mallorca. The proportion of the bushels of barley destined for the Court and Royal Sites increased to 20% of the total expenditure on this item, an expenditure based on the greater proportional presence of cavalry among the troops of the Court and Sites. In sum, the cost of 30,185,372 rations of bread and 713,455 bushels of barley for the army was valued at more than 30 million reales.

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