Las fronteras de España en el siglo xviii. Algunas consideraciones

Abstract

Since the arrival to the throne of the Borbonic dynasty in Spain is notice an increasing preoccupation of the authorities to know the borders of the monarchy. In the economic area and due to desire to earn the considerable income that generated the traffic of merchandize for rents of customs, the borders me submitted to a constant process of information an to a narrow alertness. The employees of the tax authority and the army took part in these assignments to contain the smuggling and to attack the social effects of it. The documentary result was an abundant information that allows to know the border demarcation and the behaviours that differentiated them from the remaining territories that formed the Spanish empire.