Cuadernos Dieciochistas

Ceán Bermúdez, Juan Agustín, Ocios y escritos sobre bellas artes y arquitectura, David García López y Miriam Cera Brea (eds.), Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 2023, 384 pp.

2024-10-22T13:45:31+02:00

Andreu, Xavier y Bolufer, Mónica (eds.), European Modernity and the Passionate South. Gender and Nation in Spain and Italy in the Long Nineteenth Century, Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2023, 271 pp.

2024-10-22T13:48:07+02:00

Bernini, Emilio, El método Rousseau. Un dinamismo de los conceptos, Buenos Aires: Editorial Las Cuarenta, 2021, 350 pp.

2023-11-16T04:13:33+01:00

Díaz Mattei, Andrea; Ollero Lobato, Francisco; Quiles García, Fernando, Alarifes Ruiz Florindo. Arquitectura barroca desde Fuentes de Andalucía. Sevilla: Diputación de Sevilla-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 2023, 164 pp.

2024-06-17T12:05:45+02:00

Abad Zardoya, Carmen, Lujos de comodidad: léxico del espacio doméstico en las fuentes notariales del largo siglo XVIII, Gijón: Trea Ediciones, 2023, 334 pp.

2024-10-22T13:54:10+02:00

Burns, Alexander S. (ed.), The Changing Face of Old Regime Warfare. Essays in Honour of Christopher Duffy, Warwick: Helion & Company (From Reason to Revolution, 1721-1815, n.º 94), 2022, 344 pp.

2023-10-08T21:24:09+02:00

Alexander S. Burns (Universidad de Virginia Occidental) es el encargado de coordinar este compendio o festschrift de 16 trabajos para rendir tributo a Christopher Duffy que lleva por título The Changing Face of Old Regime Warfare, lo que vendría a significar en español, si se diera la fortuna de que alguna editorial se interesara por su traducción, “El rostro cambiante de la guerra en el Antiguo Régimen”. Aunque técnicamente fue publicado en vida de Duffy, su fallecimiento pocos meses después ha provocado que se trate en la práctica de un homenaje póstumo que viene a glosar las principales líneas de investigación actuales herederas de su legado.

Feijoo, Benito Jerónimo, Cartas eruditas y curiosas, III. Obras completas, tomo IV, edición crítica de Inmaculada Urzainqui, Eduardo San José Vázquez y Rodrigo Olay Valdés, Oviedo: Universidad de Oviedo, Instituto Feijoo de Estudios del Siglo XVIII, Ayunt

2024-10-22T15:44:03+02:00

Olay Valdés, Rodrigo, Feijoo, poeta. Antología, Oviedo-Gijón: Instituto Feijoo de Estudios del Siglo XVIII y Ediciones Trea, 2024, 140 pp.

2024-10-22T15:46:38+02:00

Laviano, Manuel Fermín de, El Sigerico. Tragedia. Edición de Alberto Escalante Varona, Oviedo: Instituto Feijoo de Estudios del Siglo XVIII/Ediciones Trea, 2023, 269 pp.

2024-10-22T15:48:47+02:00

Deanda Camacho, Elena, Ofensiva a los oídos piadosos. Obscenidad y censura en la poesía española y novohispana del siglo XVIII, Madrid/Frankfurt: Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2022, 272 pp.

2024-07-06T18:19:54+02:00

Establier Pérez, Helena (edición, introducción y notas), Damas del siglo ilustrado. La escritura de las mujeres españolas en el siglo XVIII. Antología crítica de textos fundamentales, Madrid: Editorial Iberoamericana-Vervuert, 2023, 390 pp.

2024-10-22T16:57:11+02:00

Padrón, Rafael (ed.), Ilustración, centro y periferia. Actas del VII Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Española de Estudios del Siglo XVIII, Gijón: Ediciones Trea, 2023, 512 pp.

2024-10-22T16:59:10+02:00

Guasti, Niccolò y Rao, Anna Maria (coords.), Cultura di corte nel secolo XVIII spagnolo e italiano: diplomazia, musica, letteratura e arte. I. Politica e diplomazia, Nápoles: Federico II University Press, 2023, 413 pp.

2024-10-22T17:01:00+02:00

Ortega del Cerro, Pablo, La Escuadra de Asia. Guerra, comercio e información en el ocaso de la primera edad global (1795-1803), Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2023, 211 pp.

2024-07-12T11:25:03+02:00

The San Antonio College: The Pious Work of Antonio de Vergas y Carvajal in the 18th Century Salamanca

2024-10-24T12:32:14+02:00

During the Modern Age, several institutions were created in European cities to deal with the plight of abandoned children and orphans, and Salamanca was no exception. At the end of the seventeenth century, the alderman Antonio de Vergas y Carvajal founded an institution for the sole purpose of receiving young people, based on the prevailing model of other institutions. This study examines the functioning of the college during the first half of the 18th century, a period characterized by the strict subjection of the seminary to a comprehensive legal framework. It also examines hitherto unknown aspects of the founder’s biography, sheds light on everyday life in the college, and explores the characteristics of its boarders at the dawn of the Enlightenment.

Politics, Crisis and Illness. The Mediterranean in the Mercurio Histórico y Político-Mercurio de España (1756-1799)

2024-10-24T12:31:52+02:00

The Mercurio Histórico y Político-Mercurio de España (1738-1830) turn an official newspaper from 1756. Then a what big part of his contents purchased an ideological component. In this work pretend to shed light on how used the illnesses beside other news to conform a dominant speech that, among 1756-1799, distinguished to the western Mediterranean States and oriental. The conductive thread is the plague, interrelated with the Ottomans beliefs, the political unsteadiness, the famine, the social conflicts and the war, in front of the economic progress, the sanitary control, the philanthropic and the Christian order.

The French Art of the Eighteenth Century and the Problematic of Realism: Aesthetic Break or Rhetorical Continuity. The Painting of Jean Baptiste Greuze and the Poetic Ideas of his Time

2024-10-24T12:32:20+02:00

French Painting from the 18th century has frequently been understood with regard to the problems of Realism. The objective of this article is to show how these everyday scenes that proliferate in these moments are not the result of an aesthetic rupture, but of a transformation of classical poetics at the end of the 17^th century. This change will extend to the several arts in the 18^th century, as showed in the work of Greuze, who will transfer to his painting these poetic ideas that explore new literary genres, such as the novel, the larmoyante comedy or the drama. These genres reveal the triumph of a descriptive and doxological literary regime –which is opposed to previous prescriptive and axiological regime– interested in the reception and emotional reactions, fostering everyday, familiar, pathethic scenes, etc

Rebellion of Prado’s Company in 1712

2024-10-24T12:31:46+02:00

At the beginning of 1712, with the Madrid companies already formed, the City Council’s intention to include a new actor in the one directed by José de Prado was rejected by its members, especially by its actresses. Faced with the insistence and threats of the Villa, the company made the drastic decision of not performing in the corral that had been assigned to it, taking refuge in the church of San Sebastián. Considering this attitude an attack on its authority, the council reinforced its threats, which did not make a dent in the actors. Only after the request addressed by Prado to the king and the intercession of Garcés, author of the other company stationed in Madrid (and possibly of magnates such as the Duke of Osuna), was resolved a situation that was detrimental to both the Villa and the actors.

The Proclamations of Fernando VI and Carlos III in Buenos Aires

2024-10-24T12:31:49+02:00

he main objective of this research is to demonstrate that the royal proclamations of Fernando VI and Carlos III in Buenos Aires worked as mechanisms of power legitimation and social cohesion, where art had a central role. The base of this article will be the documents from the Archive General of Indias that narrate those proclamations. The classical historiography already addressed them, but they deserve a deeper analysis

The 18th Century Casa-Esquileo and its Function of Representation and Accommodation Associated with the Bourbonic Court

2024-10-24T12:31:59+02:00

The casas-esquileo constitute a unique typology in the history of architecture that developed only in the Segovian foothills, forming a hybrid typology that uniformly combines strictly industrial functions with the accommodation of the Spanish elites of the 18th century. In this article we analyze how these buildings, in addition to adapting to these objectives, participate throughout the century in the purposes and ceremonial associated with the Bourbon court according to their proximity to the Royal Site of La Granja de San Ildefonso, the closeness and loyalty of its owners and, specifically, the richness and capacity of its architecture. Concretely, and as we demonstrate, these magnificent casas-esquileo serve, among others, as accommodation for the King himself and his family or for important embassies; in other words, they act as another extension and infrastructure of the apparatus and representativeness of the Court.

José Beratón (1746-1796): Biographical News of a Chamber Painter

2024-10-24T12:32:08+02:00

This study collects more than forty unpublished documents related to the life of the painter José Beratón and his family in Madrid. They give news of the arrival of the Aragonese to the Court, the addresses where he lived, his wife (Manuela Marcelina Sánchez de Ahumada), the birth of his two children, his will, the date of his death, the loan granted by the King to his son Manuel in Víllora (Cuenca) and some of the assets he owned while he was alive.

The Conflict for the Presidency of the Military Arm of Catalonia and its Implications (1693-1706)

2024-10-24T12:32:17+02:00

: In 1693 the Military Arm of Catalonia modified its statutes to affirm the precedence of the Protector of the Arm before the titles. The decision was a consequence of their claim to precede the Protector in the ceremony for the beatification of Santa María de Cervelló. This provoked a confrontation between the small and medium nobility against the titles, which did not participate in the Arm until their rank was recognized. The conflict has points of similarity with the affair of the Bench of 1705 between the Grands of Spain and Philip V due to the precedence in the ceremonies for the name day of Louis XIV, although the dimensions of both conflicts are different. After these confrontations, what was at stake was the definition of the role and prominence that the titles had in the State government. This work aims to show how, from the same event, the responses of the Catalan and Castilian nobility were different and the consequences that this had.

The Enlightened Project for the Regularization and Aesthetic Updating of the Interiors of the Saragossa Cathedral (c. 1772-1773), an Ambitious Unexecuted Proposal by the Prominent Classicist Architect Agustín Sanz

2024-10-24T12:32:06+02:00

This article studies an ambitious project from the Enlightenment era for the regularization and aesthetic updating of the interiors of La Seo or Cathedral of San Salvador in Zaragoza in a classicist baroque way, a transcendental unexecuted architectural proposal of the prominent Aragonese enlightened architect Agustín Sanz Alós dated around 1772-1773. The focus of the study is a magnificent longitudinal section drawing of the cathedral signed by Sanz and recently rediscovered among the collections of the Royal Library of the Royal Palace of Madrid.

The House of the Five Lords of México, a Forgotten Building of the Colonial Era

2024-10-24T12:32:04+02:00

This paper reveals part of history of the House of the Five Lords, a missing building in Ciudad de México. The consultation of different documents from the Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla) has made it possible to find multiple data that demostrate its relevance during the 18th century. In this way, it has been known that this house became the provisional headquarters of the Tribunal de la Acordada. Later it was a cavalry barracks. During the process, personalities such as the architect Francisco Guerrero y Torres and the engineer Pedro Ponce Camacho conditioned the materialization of the projected works.

Censorship of the Obras Poéticas of Eugenio Gerardo Lobo in 1796: A Frustrated Reprint

2024-10-24T12:31:44+02:00

In the Diocesan Historical Archive of Madrid, a negative censorship of the vicariate is preserved, dated in the year 1796, for the reprinting of the Obras poéticas of Eugenio Gerardo Lobo, specifically, its reissue of 1769. From this clue, one arrives to the discovery of the complete file of the case in the National Historical Archive, which shows that the council finally decided to deny the license. The censor focuses on the lack of coherence between the Marian dedication of the work and its content, markedly mundane, most of the time linked to the world of parties, courtship and other pleasures. Once again, thanks to archival documentation we can reconstruct a failed editorial process that helps us better understand the post-mortem reception of a poet of Lobo’s stature.

The Royal Proclamation of Charles IV in the Capital of the Kingdom of Mallorca

2024-10-24T12:31:55+02:00

With the Bourbon victory in the kingdom of Mallorca, a new model of royal proclamation ceremony is inaugurated according to the Castilian model and with a monarch physically absent, but symbolically materialized through iconographic representations. This article examines the royal proclamation of Carlos IV in the capital of the kingdom of Mallorca, Palma, by describing and analyzing the highlights of the days of July 11 and 14, 1789. It describes the main actors, how the ceremony was organized, and studies its protagonists. A final section focuses on the expenses and their financing.

The Cats’ Controversy of 1779, an Animalist Apology?

2024-10-24T12:32:12+02:00

In 1779 Mariano Madramany published in Madrid, under a pseudonym, a curious Oración in which he argued that it was preferable to have mice in houses instead of cats. That same year, this premise encouraged three other authors (and himself, using another pseudonym) to defend the usefulness of domestic cats and to excuse their most vilified behaviors. These works constitute rhetorical exercises and displays of erudition and inventiveness, but they also contain information on the treatment of cats by the Spaniards of the time, on some of their biological habits, legends, anecdotes, historical news, superstitions, and references to former literature. The objective of this work is the study of this controversy, its literary background and its animalist content from the perspective of Animal Studies, in order to illuminate the relationship between the Spanish and cats reflected in these texts.

The Orchestra in the Spanish Cathedrals between c. 1770 and c. 1820: Use of the Term and Configuration of the Ensembles

2024-10-24T12:32:23+02:00

This text aims to answer the following question: what does «orchestra» mean in the Spanish cathedral documentation during the transition from the 18th to the 19th century? Although various studies have proposed the reconstruction of this type of ensemble during the period analyzed, there are hardly any reflections on the meanings and uses associated with the term. Firstly, I analyze the definitions collected in the historical dictionaries and I show examples from musical treatises, literary works, periodical publications and administrative documentation of twelve Spanish religious institutions, which illustrate how the term orchestra was used in the contemporary sources. Subsequently, I compare the configuration of cathedral instrumental ensembles with the European reality, taking as a reference the taxonomy proposed by John Spitzer and Neal Zaslaw. In conclusion, this double approach corroborates the integration of Spanish cathedrals, even with their peculiarities, within the pan-European consensus promoted by the consolidation of the orchestra as an institution.

Introduction

2024-10-24T12:31:25+02:00

The Siege of Luxembourg. Cause of the Fall of a Prime Minister (1682-1684)?

2024-10-24T12:31:41+02:00

At the end of the reign of Charles II, French pressure on the Spanish Low Countries had a great impact on the court in Madrid. The defeats of the monarchy’s army strained the governmental elites and had notable effects on the articulation of the political struggle in the court sphere. The loss of Luxembourg in 1684 affected the trajectory of the prime minister, the Duke of Medinaceli, who at that time had to deal with a serious combination of threats to his position. To understand the impact of this siege on the court in Madrid, it is essential to delve into the historical context and analyze the key factors at play. This article seeks to analyze the prominence of the siege of Luxembourg in the affairs of state in the mid-1680s and to determine to what extent this defeat on the foreign scene determined his political survival.

Dynastic Polarisation in the Spanish Low Countries: The Flemish Bourbonist Nobility between Spain and France (ca. 1670-1706

2024-10-24T12:31:39+02:00

This article sheds light on how adherence to the Bourbons succession was shaped in the Low Countries. The study focuses on what can be described as the social base of Borbonism, namely a relatively small number of Walloon noble families located on either side of the border with France. Already integrated into French political dynamics at the time of the dynastic transition, they were the first to show their attachment to the new dynasty. However, the broadening of support for Philip V, beyond this first circle, was largely due to the interest of the elites in preserving the opportunities offered by the imperial structure of the Hispanic monarchy. With the reform of the army of Flanders, which largely benefited the local elites, the Bourbons seemed to be able to strengthen the links between Brussels and Madrid.

Ensuring Loyalty Through Epistolary Relations: The Correspondence of the Flemish Nobility to the 9th Duke of Infantado (1686-1693)

2024-10-24T12:31:36+02:00

The correspondence between the Flemish nobility and the 9^th Duke of Infantado materializes this aristocrat’s patronage network in the Spanish Low Countries. Analyzing the letters, one can glimpse some of the mechanisms used to maintain the loyalty of the nobility during such an unstable period as the end of the 17^th century. The Duke of Infantado, sumiller de corps of Carlos II and advisor to his Council of State, received several requests from nobles. By timely combining the favors associated with these requests, he could ensure the loyalty of a remote territory, which was suffering from wars with Louis XIV.

The Vestiges of the Decline of Relations between the Basque Country and Flanders (1638-1714). Letters from Namur

2024-10-24T12:31:23+02:00

This work articulates a long-term vision explaining the complex transformation of intense commercial relations between the Cantabrian coast and Flanders to a link of military defense of the Spanish border possessions with France, in the Western Pyrenees and in Flanders at the end of the 16th century and beginning of the next century. The strategic role of the Basque provinces as a source of public and private news and the main border defense regulator at the end of the 17th century, together with the death rattles of Flanders as a military front, will become the main documentary watchtower of the work. The use of private and unpublished correspondence will enrich the analysis of this moment of historical transformation.

«After all, the Flemish are Spanish, not German». The Spanish Diplomatic Representation in the Austrian Low Countries, 1716-1725

2024-10-24T12:31:32+02:00

This contribution examines the actions of the two commissioners who promoted Philip V’s interests in the Austrian Netherlands during the first decade after the Peace of Utrecht, namely Antonio de Castro and the Marquis de Beretti Landi. Both Castro and Beretti Landi maintained a regular correspondence with Madrid, which has hardly been used in historical research. On the basis of several hundred letters, it will be examined with what intention Castro and Beretti Landi were stationed in Brussels, to which Flemish and international affairs they and their patrons paid special attention, and also how they viewed the fact that the former Spanish Netherlands had become Austrian property. Finally, the letters will also serve to gauge the importance of Brussels as a diplomatic crossroads in the early 18^th century.

Governing the Faith. The Diplomatic Chapel of The Hague and the Political Management of Catholicism between the United Provinces and the Spanish Low Countries (1649-1716)

2024-10-24T12:31:28+02:00

During the second half of the 17^th century, the chapel of the Spanish embassy in The Hague became extraordinarily popular among the local Catholic community. Reputed as a parish church and tolerated by the Dutch authorities, its establishment as a reference point for Catholicism in the United Provinces made this place of worship an authentic centre of power. This relevance, which would continue in the transition to the 18^th century, demonstrated the validity of a Spanish confessional policy. Gravitating on the provincial court of Brussels as the cardinal axis for the government of diplomatic negotiations in Northern Europe and Catholic proselytising action, it also meant the emergence of latent controversies in which the interests of the royal representatives, the internuncios of the Low Countries and the vicars apostolic of Holland clashed.

The Agency of the Grand Prior’s Daughter. The Princess Mary Catherine Elizabeth of Austria, between Burgundy, Milan, Castile and Flanders (1658-1714)

2024-10-24T12:31:19+02:00

One of the most unknown figures in the Habsburg dynastic world is Princess Maria Catherine Elisabeth of Austria (1658-1714). The illegitimate daughter of John Joseph of Austria and, therefore, niece of Charles II, she spent her early years in the Franche-Comté of Burgundy, Milan and Castile until she moved to the Spanish Netherlands in 1690. She remained in the convent of Berlaymont in Brussels until her death. In view of her constant financial problems, she actively negotiated with the Court of Madrid to have her status as a person of royal blood recognised and to ensure that she received the pension and the subsidies that the monarch granted her for her upkeep. Her situation became more complex after the death of the last Spanish sovereign of the House of Austria and the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession. From then on, she did not hesitate to deploy her political agency before the two Bourbon Crowns, the United Provinces and the Habsburg Court in Barcelona, and even sent her own representative to the plenipotentiaries of the Utrecht peace congress to defend her interests.