Corruption in Early Modern Spain
  • Interview with Francisco Andújar Castillo — Universidad de Almería
What do we call corruption in Early Modern times? Is it even possible to use this concept, rejected by some historians because of its anachronism, to define officers' reprehensible behaviors in the Spanish Monarchy? If the Early Modern specialist, Francisco Andújar Castillo, answers positively to the first question, he denies the legitimacy to compare recent scandals in Spain which target the political class with Old Regime affairs, arguing that logics are very different in each case
Summary
Francisco Andújar Castillo, coordinator of a collective project about corruption under the spanish Monarchy, points out the recent historiograpical turns this topic has been experimented.
Interview published on 07-09-2018
Last modified on 10-25-2022
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  • Biography
  • Bibliography of Francisco Andújar Castillo

(avec Michel Bertrand, Thomas Glesener), Gobernar y reformar la Monarquía. Los agentes políticos y administrativos en España y América. Siglo XVI-XIX, Valence, Albatros, 2017.

(avec Pilar Ponce Leiva), Mérito, venalidad y corrupción en España y América. Siglos XVIIXVIII, Valence, Albatros, 2016.

(avec María del Mar Felices de la Fuente), El Poder del dinero : ventas de cargos y honores en el Antiguo Régimen, Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva, 2011.

Necesidad y venalidad : España e Indias, 1704-1711, Madrid, Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, 2008.

El Sonido del dinero, monarquía, ejército y venalidad en la España del siglo XVIII, Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2004.

 

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