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This book seeks to bridge a gap in the historiography of Spain and Great Britain by arguing that while the 18th century witnessed periods of tension, conflict, and hostility between the two powers, their relationship remained multifaceted and significant across other domains.
List of contents
Introduction 1. The Royal Navy in Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1714-1739 2. The Royal Navy in the Backyard: The Effects of the New Context in the Western Mediterranean as Portrayed in the Correspondence of the Spanish Military Serving in the Wars of Italy (1718-1750) 3. The Global Enemy: Spanish Global Awareness and British Expansion (c. 1750-1800) 4. A Forgotten Frontier: Spanish Florida and British Georgia, 1748-1763 5. British Naval Intelligence in Spain: "Will Keep an Eye on Ferrol" 6. Spanish Printing in London in the Eighteenth Century 7. The Image of the Englishman in the Spanish Literature of Enlightenment 8. Government Censorship of English Narrative in 18th-Century Spain (1769-1810) 9. The Anglo-Spanish Rivalry in the Eighteenth-Century Literary Space: English Translations of Spanish Picaresque Fiction and the Rise of the Novel 10. English Influence on Santiago de Compostela Clockmaking During the Eighteenth Century 11. The Alhambra and the Peninsular War: William Gell and the British in Spain, 1808-1814 12. Stately Quadrille: British and Spanish Contredanses Around the Congress of Soissons 13. "Under the Duke of Liria's Nose": Anglo-Spanish Diplomatic Encounters in Vienna, 1731-1732 14. Between Enmity and Friendship: The Diplomacy of Great Britain, Spain and France at the End of the Old Regime (1793-1796) 15. Between the Portuguese and the Spanish, British Smuggling in the Río de la Plata (1715-1735) 16. English Men in the Periphery of the Spanish Empire: Neighbours and Surveillance of the Foreigner in the Cabildo of Buenos Aires in the First Half of the 18th Century 17. A War for "A Few Cabbages Planted Within an Enclosure": Debates in the British Parliament About the Nootka Crisis (1789) 18. Enemies and Clients: The Investment of the English and Irish Community in the Low Andalusia in the Export and Production of Citrus Fruits During the 18th Century 19. Merchants, Sailors and Privateers: Maritime Affairs Between Spain and England During Wartime as Revealed in the Prize Papers
About the author
Manuel-Reyes García Hurtado is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of La Corunna (Spain) and the author and editor of many books, most recently
Conflictos y tensiones en las sociedades portuarias del norte peninsular (siglos XVI-XIX) (2022).
Summary
This book seeks to bridge a gap in the historiography of Spain and Great Britain by arguing that while the 18th century witnessed periods of tension, conflict, and hostility between the two powers, their relationship remained multifaceted and significant across other domains.
