The Count of Ursel and the financing of the Royal Guard reform (18th Century) ; El Conde de Ursel y la financiación de la reforma de la Guardia Real (siglo XVIII)

This article examines the various attempts to reform the military household of Philip V leaded between 1701 and 1704. Characterized by the creation of several ephemeral military units, the household reform has been considered by scholars from the restrictive perspective of military history without considering political and financial involvements. Focusing on the career of the Count of Ursel, a Flemish military entrepreneur who raised at his expense the company of musketeers, this article emphasizes that each unit created during these years corresponded to a specific form of funding. The prolif... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Glesener, Thomas
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Verlag/Hrsg.: Departamento de Historia Moderna y de América de la Universidad de Granada
Schlagwörter: Household / Philip V of Spain / Luis XIV of France / Flanders / military finance / army / administration / Court / Jean Orry / Charles d’Allonville de Louville / Militar History / Diplomatic History / Economic History / Casa real / Felipe V de España / Luis XIV de Francia / Flandes / Hacienda / Ejército / administración / Corte / Historia militar / Historia económica / Historia social del ejército
Sprache: Spanish
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This article examines the various attempts to reform the military household of Philip V leaded between 1701 and 1704. Characterized by the creation of several ephemeral military units, the household reform has been considered by scholars from the restrictive perspective of military history without considering political and financial involvements. Focusing on the career of the Count of Ursel, a Flemish military entrepreneur who raised at his expense the company of musketeers, this article emphasizes that each unit created during these years corresponded to a specific form of funding. The proliferation of military units was actually the consequence of the conflicts between the Bourbon ministers to determine the best way to reform the institutions of the Spanish monarchy. This short period thus appears as a time of political and financial experimentation that produced institutional forms that ultimately did not succeed. ; Este artículo estudia los diferentes intentos de reforma de la Casa militar de Felipe V llevados a cabo entre 1701 y 1704. Marcado por la creación de varios cuerpos militares efímeros, este periodo ha sido solamente tratado hasta hoy desde la perspectiva de la historia militar sin considerar los aspectos políticos y financieros. Siguiendo la trayectoria del conde de Ursel, un empresario militar flamenco que levanto a su costa la compañía de mosqueteros, se pone de relieve que a cada creación de unidad ha correspondido una forma de financiación específica. La proliferación de unidades militares ha sido en realidad la consecuencia del enfrentamiento entre los ministros borbónicos para determinar el mejor método para reformar las instituciones de la monarquía hispánica. Este breve periodo aparece por lo tanto como un momento de experimentación política y hacendística que produjo formas institucionales que finalmente no prosperaron.