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5 juillet 2021
- handle: 10670/1.w82319
- isbn: 9788496820203
- eisbn: 9788490962855
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XVIIIe siècle centralisation recrutement Bourbons despotisme éclairé politique militaire History HIS045000 HBJDSujets proches
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Martine Galland-Seguela, « Summary », Casa de Velázquez, ID : 10670/1.w82319
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The corps of military engineers created by the Bourbon dynasty came to be a species of model embodying the reforming zeal of the new monarchs. The military engineers constituted one of the only technical corps available to the powers that be with which to impose a centralised monarchy, dominate their territory and control its development. It was thus a vital and innovative force in 18th-century Spain. The strength of this group lay in the forging of a link binding the person, his skills and h...