Publication: Familia, poder local y construcción del Estado en el sur de Europa (Murcia y Catania, siglos XVIII-XIX)
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Rueda Dicenta, Jerónimo Miguel
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Escuela Internacional de Doctorado
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Hernández Franco, Juan ; Precioso Izquierdo, Francisco ; Recca, Cinzia
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Universidad de Murcia
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Esta tesis doctoral trata de aproximarse al proceso que historiográficamente ha sido denominado "crisis del Antiguo Régimen" en el sur de Europa, en sus aspectos políticos y sociales, a través del estudio comparado de dos ciudades, Murcia y Catania, entre las últimas décadas del siglo XVIII y las primeras del XIX. El principal objetivo de la tesis es comprender las similitudes y diferencias entre las salidas del Antiguo Régimen y la transición a los Regímenes liberales en Sicilia y en el sur de España, a través del estudio de las instituciones de los poderes locales y el comportamiento político de las élites locales, así como buscar los factores diferenciales que permitan explicar una relativa divergencia de resultados en contextos muy similares. Para ello, el proyecto de investigación se ha servido, principalmente, de dos tipos de herramientas metodológicas: las propias de la historia comparada y de la política comparada (Diseño de Sistemas de Máxima Similitud) y las procedentes de la historia social de la familia (estudio de estrategias de reproducción social y de trayectorias familiares). Otro objetivo de esta tesis ha sido contribuir al debate historiográfico sobre la crisis del Antiguo Régimen, mediante el estudio comparado de la historia de dicho concepto en las historiografías nacionales española e italiana, con la intención de equilibrar un debate pendular, que pasó de depender enteramente de las categorías emanadas de la revolución francesa a relativizar en exceso (o incluso cuestionar) la magnitud y el carácter revolucionario de los cambios acaecidos en el sur de Europa. En esta investigación se ha prestado atención tanto a la evolución de las instituciones (públicas y privadas) como al comportamiento de los individuos, en su condición de actores políticos y sociales, desde la perspectiva de la familia. Asimismo, se ha intentado captar las tendencias de larga duración (desde la Edad Media hasta el siglo XIX), así como estudiar los acontecimientos concretos de lo que hemos denominado la "coyuntura crítica" (últimas décadas del siglo XVIII y primeras del siglo XIX). En nuestra perspectiva, lo político y lo social, lo estructural y lo coyuntural, deben darse la mano para una comprensión cabal y completa de los grandes procesos históricos. Palabras clave: Crisis del Antiguo Régimen, Revolución, liberalismo, historia comparada, política comparada, Diseño de Sistemas de Máxima Similitud, poderes locales, élites locales, élites provinciales, construcción del Estado, familia, historia de la familia, estrategias de reproducción social, trayectorias familiares, Murcia, Catania.
This doctoral thesis aims to examine the process that has been historiographically known as the 'crisis of the "Ancien Regime"' in southern Europe, in its political and social aspects, through a comparative study of two cities, Murcia and Catania, between the last decades of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th century. The main goal of the thesis is to understand the similarities and differences between the end of the Old Regime and the transition to liberal regimes in Sicily and southern Spain, through the study of local power institutions and the political behaviour of local elites, as well as to seek the differential factors that explain a relative divergence of results in very similar contexts. For that purpose, the research project has mainly used two types of methodological tools: those specific to comparative history and comparative politics (Maximum Similarity Systems Design) and those from the social history of the family (study of social reproduction strategies and family trajectories. Another goal of this thesis has been to contribute to the historiographical debate on the crisis of the Old Regime through a comparative study of the history of this concept both in Spanish and Italian national historiographies, with the aim of balancing a pendulum debate that shifted from relying entirely on categories emanating from the French Revolution to excessively relativizing (or even questioning) the magnitude and revolutionary nature of the changes that took place in southern Europe. This research has focused both on the evolution of institutions (public and private) and on the behaviour of individuals, in their capacity as political and social actors, from the perspective of the family. It has also attempted to capture long-term trends (from the Middle Ages to the 19th century) and to study the specific events of what we have called the "critical juncture" (the last decades of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th century). In our view, the political and the social, the structural and the circumstantial, must go hand in hand for a complete understanding of major historical processes. Keywords: Crisis of the Old Regime, Revolution, liberalism, comparative history, comparative politics, Maximum Similarity Systems Design, local powers, local elites, provincial elites, state formation, family, family history, social reproduction strategies, family trajectories Murcia, Catania.
This doctoral thesis aims to examine the process that has been historiographically known as the 'crisis of the "Ancien Regime"' in southern Europe, in its political and social aspects, through a comparative study of two cities, Murcia and Catania, between the last decades of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th century. The main goal of the thesis is to understand the similarities and differences between the end of the Old Regime and the transition to liberal regimes in Sicily and southern Spain, through the study of local power institutions and the political behaviour of local elites, as well as to seek the differential factors that explain a relative divergence of results in very similar contexts. For that purpose, the research project has mainly used two types of methodological tools: those specific to comparative history and comparative politics (Maximum Similarity Systems Design) and those from the social history of the family (study of social reproduction strategies and family trajectories. Another goal of this thesis has been to contribute to the historiographical debate on the crisis of the Old Regime through a comparative study of the history of this concept both in Spanish and Italian national historiographies, with the aim of balancing a pendulum debate that shifted from relying entirely on categories emanating from the French Revolution to excessively relativizing (or even questioning) the magnitude and revolutionary nature of the changes that took place in southern Europe. This research has focused both on the evolution of institutions (public and private) and on the behaviour of individuals, in their capacity as political and social actors, from the perspective of the family. It has also attempted to capture long-term trends (from the Middle Ages to the 19th century) and to study the specific events of what we have called the "critical juncture" (the last decades of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th century). In our view, the political and the social, the structural and the circumstantial, must go hand in hand for a complete understanding of major historical processes. Keywords: Crisis of the Old Regime, Revolution, liberalism, comparative history, comparative politics, Maximum Similarity Systems Design, local powers, local elites, provincial elites, state formation, family, family history, social reproduction strategies, family trajectories Murcia, Catania.
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