Los bastiones del Rey, el camino de la Patria: Guerra, control y pacificación en el Camino Real de Veracruz, 1762-1821
This proposal focuses on the study of the military roads implemented by the viceregal government after 1815, in the different segments of the Camino Real during the Mexican War of Independence. From this perspective, the present study seeks to offer a look at the complex relations between the metrop...
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| Format: | doctoral thesis |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repository: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/690065 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/690065 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Camino Real de Veracruz War of Independence Military roads New Spain Guerra de Independencia Caminos militares Nueva España 94 |
| Summary: | This proposal focuses on the study of the military roads implemented by the viceregal government after 1815, in the different segments of the Camino Real during the Mexican War of Independence. From this perspective, the present study seeks to offer a look at the complex relations between the metropolitan and colonial authorities with some of the most notable power groups of the viceroyalty, such as the Consulates of Mexico and Veracruz, in a region that, due to its economic and strategic implications, was of essential importance for the Spanish Crown in the context of the New Spanish independence process and the intricate geopolitical context of the time. From this perspective, the research examines the role of the military roads as part of the government strategy to contain the uprising in the province of Veracruz and the central highlands, a space where some of the vectors that articulated the colonial economy converged, for example, the Real Estanco del Tabaco, This port, with the outbreak of the conflict, became one of the paradigmatic scenarios where the contradictions, vices and virtues of the complex novo-Hispanic society came to the surface in equal parts. Thus, throughout the conflagration, this motley confluence and dispute of interests was reflected in the rough dealings between colonial authorities and Creole corporations, in the clashes between civil and military authorities, in the connivance of certain members of the local elites with the rebels, as well as in the bitter disputes between the main insurgent leaders, especially Sergio A. Vargas Matías Tesis de Doctorado en Historia | Universitat Pompeu Fabra when, after the return of Ferdinand VII to the throne (1814) and the defeat of Morelos (1815), the Insurgent insurgency was defeated in 1815, as well as in the bitter disputes between the main insurgent leaders, especially when, after the return of Ferdinand VII to the throne (1814) and the defeat of Morelos (1815), the Insurgency split into different groups and had to resort to “irregular warfare” and the construction of fortresses in inaccessible places to continue the struggle. For this purpose, the research deals with facts and personalities that have not been treated much, for example, the construction of Montalembert type redoubts, the work of the royalist chief Fernando Miyares, as well as the fortification projects of the engineer Valentín de Ampudia, the foundation of colonies of pardoned people in different localities of the Camino Real, the works for the establishment of an optical telegraphy line, in charge of the sailor Bonifacio de Tosta, and the details of the installation of the military roads in different sections of the Mexico-Veracruz itinerary, as well as the attempts of the insurgents to form a network of bastions in order to stay in the fight. |
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