Reformismo borbónico - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:32:59 +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 Reformismo borbónico - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 José Moñino y Redondo, Count of Floridablanca https://historylab.es/jose-monino-y-redondo-count-of-floridablanca/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jose-monino-y-redondo-count-of-floridablanca Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:59 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/jose-monino-y-redondo-conde-de-floridablanca/ Power elites

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]]> Portrait by Goya of one of the most important enlightened politicians of 18th-century Spain. Of humble origins, his key role in the expulsion and extinction of the Jesuits elevated him to the rank of Secretary of State under Charles III and Charles IV. He was an emblem of royalism and enlightened despostism, typical of Bourbon reformism. Goya portrayed him on several occasions.

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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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