The Enlightenment in Iberia and Ibero-America / Brian Hamnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamnett, Brian R., author.

Series:

Iberian and Latin American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

History.

Spain--History--18th century.

Spain.

Portugal--History--18th century.

Portugal.

Enlightenment--Spain.

Enlightenment--Portugal.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 374 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2017.

Summary:

"This book discusses responses to the challenges faced by two different Iberian imperial systems in their struggle to sustain territorial integrity and economic interests in the face of international competition. During a so-called period of 'Enlightened Despotism', absolutist governments in Spain and Portugal sought to harness Enlightenment ideas to their policies of reform. The Iberian Enlightenment, however, did not rely exclusively on government sponsorship--it had existing foundations in sixteenth-century Spanish humanism and subsequent attempts at reform, and educated individuals in major cities frequently operated independently of government. The Enlightenment contributed greatly to the availability of potential political solutions to the urgent matter of political status, in the attempt to transform absolutist governments into constitutional systems and drawing in the process on the structures of medieval foundations, contemporary revolutions or less radical constitutional monarchies, or a combination of sources more closely aligned with Ibero-American realities."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Iberian Enlightenment: Nature and Significance 23

Chapter 2 Regalism, Papalism and Reform of the Catholic Church 46

Chapter 3 State, Empire and Reform in Traditional Societies 79

Chapter 4 Enlightenment and Reform in Portugal and Portuguese America 114

Chapter 5 The Spanish American Enlightenment: Reception and Practice 144

Chapter 6 The Enlightenment in New Spain 166

Chapter 7 Issues and Personalities of the Peruvian Enlightenment 190

Chapter 8 History, Political Institutions and the Question of Representation 208

Chapter 9 The Counter-Enlightenment 242.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-352) and index.

ISBN:

9781786830463

1786830469

OCLC:

961009426