EL FRACASO DE LOS PROYECTOS DE REFORMA EN EL VIRREINATO PERUANO DE PRINCIPIOS DEL SIGLO XVIII. LAS PROPUESTAS DE CARMINE NICOLA CARACCIOLO, PRÍNCIPE DE SANTOBUONO

Abstract

For a some decades, a new historiographical current has turned its attention to the transformations that, in the social, political and military spheres, prompted the Bourbon government in the early decades of the eighteenth century. Although largely unsuccessful, the reforms promoted in the first two decades between the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, New Spain and Peru highlight an important first attempt to make the monarchy government more functional. This article aims to analyse the proposals for the reforms that Carmine Nicola Caracciolo developed during his tenure as Viceroy of Peru (1716-1721). In particular, we will reflect on those proposals that did not lead to a positive result: the creation of the viceroyalty of New Granada; the proposed reform of postal services; the proposal to abolish the mita; reviewing the role of corregidores.