This article aims at studying in more detail the marriage behaviour of French women who emigrated to Catalonia in the 16^th and 17^th centuries within the context of the great migratory wave that the Hispanic Monarchy received. Thus, fir the first time, the Marriage License Books from de Cathedral of Barcelona, compiled in the Barcelona Historical Marriage Database; the marriage records of the Diocese of Barcelona and the French Register of 1637, have been nominally linked. The main results show a high level of geographic and social homogamy in their marriages as a consequence of an important imbalance in the marriage market. In this sense, for every nine French men, we find only one French woman. Likewise, the women were gathered in the lowest layers of the society, declaring that they were basically daughters of peasants and journal laborers.

This article examines the impact of the military victories achieved by the Duke of Vendôme in Brihuega and Villaviciosa de Tajuña on December 9 and 10, 1710, during the preliminary phases of the Utrecht peace negotiations, carried out by French diplomacy. Leveraging the momentum gained on the battlefield, the Marquis of Torcy, through various agents, explored alternative solutions to the progressing peace negotiations with Great Britain. This pragmatic approach to the possibilities offered by military triumph allows us to emphasize the significance of the battle as a diplomatic event capable of influencing peace processes. In a broader sense, it proposes a perspective that underscores diplomacy through force as an integral part of international relations.

The present work aims to bring us close to the world of pimping in Salamanca at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the following century. Through the judicial criminal processes, preserved in the Diocesan Historical Archive of Salamanca, we will attempt to know who developed this type of practises, their ways of proceeding, their clients and the punishments to which they were subjected by the ecclesiastical authority. On the other hand, we try to stablish similarities or differences with the protagonist of La Celestina, one of the quintessential references of women dedicated to procuring.

AWithin the American Revolutionary War (1776-1783), that was joined by Spain in Juny 1779, the English Admiralty reinforced the squadron at Madras to strengthen the defence of its colonies in Southeast Asia, the trade of the East India Company (EIC), and fight against the French in India. With the reference to the successful capture of Manila by a British expedition in 1762 on the memory, France and Spain presumed that the British were contemplating a new attack on Manila. In September 1778, the governor of the Philippines, José Basco y Vargas, learned from the French governor of Pondichery that France was at war against England. Anticipating that Spain would soon enter the war, becaucse of the Family Pact he designed a full defensive program for Cavite and Manila with the view to a long siege, leaving nothing to chance. All the necessary help: expert sailors, frigates, money, troops, supplies, gunpowder, was send from the Mexican viceroyalty.