Las milicias vascas en el siglo XVIII

Desdevises Du Dezert, Georges Nicolás

Publication year:

1928

Publication place:

París

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Summary

Extract on Basque Country of a book written by Dezert, "La Institution de l´Espagne au XVIII siècle". Mention is made to the fact that, due to the "Fueros" (Special Jurisdictions), there was no conscription either in Navarre or in the Basque Country. The king had garrisons in Ondarribi, Donostia - San Sebastián and Pamplona, but they were financed and run by him. Furthermore, the Basque Country could not be crossed by royal troops without the permit of the General Deputies. However, conscription was finally introduced the regions covered by such