Republican” Mutinies in the Spanish Navy

Resonances of an Era of Rebellion and the Erosion of an Empire

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ID9969887
AuthorsVera Moya Sordo (0000-0002-3601-2295, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume66
Issue1
Pages25-48
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review of Social History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8590 • E-ISSN: 1469-512X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020859020000486
OpenAlexW3039164383
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

At the end of the eighteenth century, the large-scale warfare that confronted the major European powers exceeded their financial capabilities. This, in turn, affected the operational effectiveness of their military machinery and disturbed its disciplinary order. Consequently, by the 1790s, French, British, and Dutch naval crews resorted to mutiny on an enormous scale. They were driven by fatigue, harsh conditions of service, and disagreements with higher command. Decades later, the Real Armada witnessed a series of riots, resembling those of its rival powers but linked to the struggles for independence in the Hispanic-American colonies. Nearly all historians have overlooked the Spanish case, but the motives and direct consequences of the Spanish mutinies are worthy of explanation as part of global processes driven by the Age of Revolutions. Moreover, they offer an opportunity to improve the knowledge of early modern Spanish naval society

Administration (probate law · Business · Discipline · Economic history · Empire · Independence (probability theory · Mutiny · Navy · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Finance · Historical Studies in Latin America · Historical Studies on Spain · History · Law

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