The diplomatic enlightenment : : Spain, Europe, and the age of speculation / / by Edward Jones Corredera.

• Superior document: History of European political and constitutional thought ; Volume 5
• VerfasserIn: Jones Corredera, Edward,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: History of European political and constitutional thought ; Volume 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book reconfigures the study of the origins of the Enlightenment in the Spanish Empire. Challenging dominant interpretations of the period, this book shows that early eighteenth-century Spanish authors turned to Enlightenment ideas to reinvent Spain's role in the European balance of power....

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• 1 The Missing Century
• The Enlightenment, the Nation, and Modern Spain
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Nineteenth-Century Spanish Enlightenment
• 3 The Twentieth-Century View of the Absence of the Spanish Enlightenment
• 4 Religion and the Spanish Political Elites
• 5 The Diplomatic Enlightenment
• 2 Predicting War and Peace
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Spain, Europe, and Arbitrary Monarchy
• 3 Crisis and Catharsis: The Dawn of the Early Spanish Enlightenment
• 4 What News Do You Bring?
• 5 Information Overload and Elite Political Debate
• 3 Investing in the Luces
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Shorting Diplomacy
• 3 Representations of the Spanish Empire
• 4 The Assembly of Public Trust
• 5  Luces in the Mines
• 6 The Seminary of Lawsuits: Law, Trade, and Corporations
• 7 José Carvajal y Lancaster and the Arbitration of Europe
• 8 Private Vices, Public Virtues, and Diplomatic Cooperation
• 9 Coins, Corporations, China, and Europe
• 10 The Naval Officer and the Aristocrat
• 4 Revolts and Returns
• Free Trade and the Fear of Independence
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Investing in a New Timepiece
• 3 Mapping Reform in Enlightenment Europe
• 4 Free Trade: The Farce of Independence and the Growth of Spanish Political Economic Debate
• 5 The Perils of Emulation: Corporations and the Meaning of the Spanish Empire
• 6 The Criticism of Carvajal's Joint-Stock Companies
• 5 The Lever of the Balance of Power
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Iberia's Role in Europe
• 3 Borders and Trade
• 4 Investing in Peace
• 5 A Monarchy without a King
• 6 Carthage's Contractors
• The Ends of the Spanish Empire
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Grain Monopoly and the Voice of the People
• 3 The Idea of the Nation: Outsourcing Propaganda and Colonisation
• 4 Constitutionalism in the Spanish Empire and the International Order
• 7 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index.