Insubordinate, fugitives, and informants: deserters of Spanish and Portuguese garrisons in central South America, c. 1750-1800
At the edges of the Iberian empires, military correspondence often refers to the desertion of soldiers and officers. The ubiquity of this phenomenon suggests an association with the squalid working conditions that prevailed in fortifications. This article focuses on late eighteenth-century territori...
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At the edges of the Iberian empires, military correspondence often refers to the desertion of soldiers and officers. The ubiquity of this phenomenon suggests an association with the squalid working conditions that prevailed in fortifications. This article focuses on late eighteenth-century territorial disputes between the Portuguese captaincy of Mato Grosso and the Spanish provinces of Paraguay, Mojos and Chiquitos, where several detachments and fortifications were located. Without disregarding that poor material conditions cause lots of desertions, this article argues that soldiers and officers’ dissatisfaction with the distribution of honors and prizes was also an important dimension of the phenomenon. Fugitives often imagined that their services and efforts had not been properly recognized and thus decided to negotiate their loyalty as vassals of another prince. |
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Insubordinate, fugitives, and informants: deserters of Spanish and Portuguese garrisons in central South America, c. 1750-1800 |
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I28-R145-4032_oai2025-11-17 Lopes de Carvalho, Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho, Francismar Alex 2017-12-01 At the edges of the Iberian empires, military correspondence often refers to the desertion of soldiers and officers. The ubiquity of this phenomenon suggests an association with the squalid working conditions that prevailed in fortifications. This article focuses on late eighteenth-century territorial disputes between the Portuguese captaincy of Mato Grosso and the Spanish provinces of Paraguay, Mojos and Chiquitos, where several detachments and fortifications were located. Without disregarding that poor material conditions cause lots of desertions, this article argues that soldiers and officers’ dissatisfaction with the distribution of honors and prizes was also an important dimension of the phenomenon. Fugitives often imagined that their services and efforts had not been properly recognized and thus decided to negotiate their loyalty as vassals of another prince. La correspondencia de los comandantes de presidios en áreas de frontera de los imperios ibéricos frecuentemente daba cuenta de la deserción de soldados y oficiales. El fenómeno sugiere cuestionamientos sobre las condiciones de trabajo que predominaban en las fortificaciones y las motivaciones de los desertores. Este artículo se concentra en las últimas décadas del siglo XVIII, en los límites entre la capitanía portuguesa de Mato Grosso y las provincias españolas de Paraguay, Mojos y Chiquitos, espacios delineados por destacamentos y fortificaciones escasamente separados por los ríos Paraguay y Guaporé. Sin pasar por alto que las pésimas condiciones materiales eran un condicionante importante para las deserciones, este artículo argumenta que la insatisfacción de soldados y oficiales con la distribución de honores y premios también fue una dimensión esencial del fenómeno. No es raro que los desertores imaginaran no haber sido correspondidos en sus servicios y esfuerzos y resolvían negociar su lealtad como vasallos de otro monarca. A correspondência dos comandantes dos presídios em áreas de fronteira dos impérios ibéricos com freqüência dava conta da deserção de soldados e oficiais. A ubiqüidade do fenômeno faz pertinentes questionamentos sobre as condições de trabalho que predominavam nas fortificações e as motivações dos trânsfugas. Este artigo se concentra nas últimas décadas do século XVIII, nos limites entre a capitania portuguesa de Mato Grosso e as províncias espanholas do Paraguai, Mojos e Chiquitos, espaços pontilhados por destacamentos e fortificações separados uns dos outros, com pouca distância, pelos rios Paraguai e Guaporé. Sem desconsiderar que as péssimas condições materiais eram um condicionante importante para as deserções, este artigo argumenta que a insatisfação de soldados e oficiais com a distribuição de honras e prêmios também era uma dimensão essencial do fenômeno. Os trânsfugas não raro imaginavam não terem sido correspondidos em seus serviços e esforços e resolviam negociar sua lealdade como vassalos de outro monarca. application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/4032 10.34096/mace.v25i2.4032 por Sección Etnohistoria, Instituto de Ciencias Antropológicas. FFyL, UBA https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/MA/article/view/4032/3639 Derechos de autor 2017 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 25 No. 2 (2017); 113-134 Memoria Americana. Cuadernos de Etnohistoria; Vol. 25 Núm. 2 (2017); 113-134 1851-3751 0327-5752 military recruitment fortification Mato Grosso Mojos and Chiquitos reclutamiento militar fortificaciones Mato Grosso Mojos y Chiquitos recrutamento militar fortificações Mato Grosso Mojos e Chiquitos Insubordinate, fugitives, and informants: deserters of Spanish and Portuguese garrisons in central South America, c. 1750-1800 Insubordinados, fugitivos e informantes: desertores de las guarniciones hispano-portugesas en las regiones centrales de América del Sur, c 1750-1800 Insubmissos, trânsfugas e informantes:os desertores das guarnições hispano-portuguesas nas regiões centrais da América do Sul, c. 1750-1800 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=MA&d=4032_oai |