Unit 1: Videos about Spain in the XVIIth Century, the Spanish Succession War and the Decretos de Nueva Planta and the "Reformismo Borbónico"

You can see here some videos that acts as a kind of summary of the Spanish History in the XVIIth Century and the early XVIII, the final chapter in our History class for this year.


The first video is about the History of Spain in the XVIIth Century, under the  rule of the three "Austrias Menores", the last of the Spanish Habsburgs:

    The second video is about the Spanish Succession War (1,700-1,713/14), a big turning point in the History of Spain and all Europe and the colonies. 

The last video is about the new policy implemented by the new Dynasty on the Spanish throne: the Bourbons. This policy, developed through the "Decretos de Nueva Planta" is known as the "Reformismo Borbónico". Characterized by the rising of the centralization, efficience and the absolute Monarchy following the French model, it will be present for all the XVIIIth Century.