1. BOURBONS IN SPAIN

2. SPANISH SUCCESSION WAR
Name Philip
Anjou as heir
PHILIP V,
BOURBON
CARLOS II DINASTY
(FRANCE) ARCHDUKE CHARLES
HABSBURG
AUSTRIA
•CLAIMS FOR THE
SPANISH THRONE
•EUROPE FEARS AN
ABSOLUTE FRENCH
HEGEMONY

3. TREATY OF UTRECHT
1713

4. PHILIP V Policy
• Centralization, rationalization and
modernization
• EDICT OF NUEVA PLANTA: Privileges and
liberties of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca and
Catalonia were abolished.
• Army more proffessional
• Control over Church?
• Naples and Sicily

5. NATIONAL DAY OF CATALONIA
On September 11, the Spanish
region of Catalonia
commemorates the 1714 Siege
of Barcelona defeat during the
War of the Spanish Succession.
As correction for their support to
the claim of Habsburg Archduke
Charles to the throne of Spain,
institutions and rights of the
territories of the Crown of
Aragon were abolished by the
victorious Bourbon monarchy

6. ROYAL PALACE OF LA GRANJA
• summer residence of
the Kings of Spain since
the reign of Philip V.
• Baroque style

7. CHARLES III
• Team of ministers: Floridablanca, Olavide…
• Military reform: Academies (Segovia i.e.)
• ENSENADA`S CADASTRE: Detailed survey of
properties. It was abandoned
• RIOT Of ESQUILACHE: Foreign minister, high
prices  Esquilache dismissed  Jesuits expelled
• ABOLITION OF MESTA, COMMUNITIES, NEW
FACTORIES AND SAN CARLOS BANK
• AMERICAN WAR INDEPENDENCE : FLORIDA AND
MENORCA

8. Origen bandera España
Puerta Alcalá Museo del Prado

9. SPANISH ENLIGHTEMENT
• National Library, Spanish Academy, Academy
of History
• Feijoo: Teatro critico universal vs superstition
• Newspapers: El Pensador, El Censor, El Correo
• Prado Museum, Alcala Gate, Botanical Garden
• ECONOMIC SOCIETIES: Institutions that
encourage reforms

10. DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIETY
• 7.6 million inhabitants (1716)  10. 5 million
inhabitants 1797. Life expectancy: 27 years
• Nobility and Clergy was upper class. They lost
some power. Third state, rural society in
general. High rent. Middle class increased.