Revueltas sociales - History Lab

Prudent conduct and procedure used by Mr. Francisco Ignacio de Alcibar Jaúregui in the revolutions that took place in the town of Azpeitia in November 1718, which was marked by

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:04 +0000

The 18th century was marked by numerous social conflicts, with the Esquilache riot being the most important revolt. All the revolts were social, economic and political in nature. The shortage of basic foodstuffs, including bread, and speculation by hoarders were two of the reasons that led the lower social classes to riot against the rulers. In this case, the machinada of 1718, caused by Philip V’s order to place customs on the coast, led to a rise in the price of products entering by sea.

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Representation addressed to the King by the Diputación de Guipúzcoa, requesting that the customs offices be returned to where they were

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Royal Decree on the establishment of customs on the coast and the frontier

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Papers relating to the Madrid revolutions of 1766

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The Esquilache riot was the most important social, economic and political revolt of the 18th century (1766). The shortage of basic foodstuffs, including bread, and the speculation of hoarders were two of the reasons that led the lower social classes to riot against the rulers. In the case of the Motín de Esquilache, the revolt ended with the march, via Cartagena, of the Marquis, who had to leave the peninsula in the face of the events and the demands of the lower social classes.

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Order declaring as null and void the casualties made by abastos on the occasion of the Madrid uprising

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Political and scientific revolution

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000

The documentary series The History of the World, “History as adventure, as drama, as destiny”, produced by the British channel BBC, shows with great realism some of the key events in world history, such as the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America, the atomic bomb or the death of Julius Caesar. Special care has been taken with details such as clothing, city settings, etc. Specifically, in chapter 6, some details of the first social uprisings at the end of the Ancien Régime are shown, such as the French Revolution, the Tea Mutiny, the American War of Independence, which took place between 1775 and 1783, and the rebellion of more than 100,000 Haitian slaves. The documentary does not overlook the human toll, nor the decline and erosion of revolutionary character under Dutty Boukman’s command.

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The Germanías in Valencia

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This is a lecture by Professor of Modern History Ricardo García Cárcel, who first presents an excellent historiographical review of Las Germanías before moving on to the presentation of such controversial figures as El Encubierto de Valencia (The Undercover of Valencia). Professor García Cárcel also raises the question of the inferiority of the Germanías with respect to the Communities of Castile and the differences between the two conflicts. In the intervention, the numerous clichés between revolutionary and conflictive individuals, whose movement took Guillem Sorolla as its leader, and an apparently legitimate and consolidated nobility are made clear. The Germanías were a confrontation against the nobility on the part of the common people. They took place between 1519 and 1523 in Valencia and Mallorca, and their background was administrative corruption and tensions among the peasantry, which led to protests against the civil service. In the first place, they started from legality, even inserting themselves into local politics, and their main objective, as the professor rightly points out, was to stop the interference of Italian merchants in local Valencian trade. Moreover, the strength of the agermanado movement was sufficiently important for its echoes to reach the kingdom of Mallorca, where there was also a social revolt with different nuances to that of Valencia. However, to what extent did the tension between the agermanados and the nobles reach its peak? And what were the consequences of the subsequent repression? All these questions are addressed with great acuity in this dissertation.

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