TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patrycia Jakobczyk-Adamczyk
PY  - 2015
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653025590
TI  - Allies or Enemies
T2  - Political relations between Spain and Great Britain during the reign of Ferdinand VII (1808–1833)
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-02559-0
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1046360
N2  - Spanish-British relations changed during the first three decades of the 19th century. Both states emerged victorious from the Napoleonic wars and were united by the alliance, but their respective strength was totally different. While Great Britain enhanced its status as a sea power, strong enough to affect the political situation in Europe, Spain sank to the rank of a secondary state. Britain, protecting clearly defined interests, carried out long-term and rational policy. Spain’s policy was inconsistent and it could not be treated as a reliable ally in spite of its considerable economic resources and strategic importance. The book analyses a long and complex process of overcoming the traditional hostility between the two countries and outlines the international context as well as the internal conditions of that political evolution.
KW  - European Treaties, Holly Alliance Policy, Spanish-British relations, Slave Trade
LA  - English
ER  -