 French InspirationRafael Torres Sánchez
Chapter 3 in Constructing a Fiscal-Military State in Eighteenth-Century Spain, 2015, pp 31-65 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract The coming to the throne of Philip V, the first Bourbon king (1701–46), ushered in a new stage in the construction of Spain’s fiscal-military state. This change has traditionally been put down to the ‘new broom’ effect of the new reign and the new dynasty. As grandson of Louis XIV, the Duke of Anjou represented the ideal of the absolutist model, and the reforms undertaken in Spain could be construed as a replica of a political system that was reaching its full maturity just at that moment (Collins, 1995). In truth, as recent research has shown, the French absolutist state was far from satisfying the aspirations for change of the Spanish. The political and administrative organisation and the management of the fiscal and financial resources of Louis XIV’s state were beset by too many contradictions and limitations, so many, in fact, that any absolutist principles were rendered more ideal than real (Rowlands, 2012). Keywords: Eighteenth Century; Public Debt; Single Contribution; Fiscal Resource; Revenue Farmer (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:psitcp:978-1-137-47866-5_3 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance from Palgrave Macmillan |
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