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Accepted Paper:
Frontier bandits in Spanish societies: cultural archetypes in the new and old world
Nadia Oberto
(University of Cambridge)
Paper short abstract:
This paper is a comparative analysis of banditry archetypes in Spanish border both peninsular and colonial territories in late 18th century, in order to revisit the historiographical debate with new evidences.
Paper long abstract:
This paper deals with the analysis of banditry archetypes at the end of the 18th century. By taking into account the research done about New mexico (S. Ortelli) Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata (R. Fradkin) and my current research about the case of Northern Spain, this article deals with a comparative analysis in order to underline similarities and contrasts of these phenomena . The objective is to propose new approaches on the debate sustained by E. Hobsbawm and A. Blok. I will stress the social meanings and context of banditry with a particular focus on border societies framework.