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Abstract

Majorca and Ibiza remained under Habsburg rule during nine years, from 1706 to 1715. This was not a peaceful period due to the persistence of suspicions of disaffection towards certain pro-Bourbon conspirators. The regime had to take forceful measures to remain in power: prisoner deportations, the exile of supporters of Philip, and tighter control over the draws to designate Universitat officers, dismissing those who had been selected by draw to hold public office on order of the viceroy, and dispensing others to hold those offices. Loyalty to the cause was preferred to strict observance of the law. Moreover, news received from the mainland was disguised if it referred to military defeats. In Menorca, the austracistas were disappointed: some of them had lost their lives, their position and their wealth to support the House of Austria when in the end they had turned into subjects of a non-Catholic monarchy.

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Title
EL AUSTRACISMO EN EL REINO DE MALLORCA/Supporters of Archduke Charles of Austria in Majorca
Author
Vidal, Josep Juan
Pages
165-193
Publication year
2014
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca
ISSN
15767914
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1689882338
Copyright
Copyright Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2014