Portugal y la fallida paz con Francia: mediación española y corrupción francesa (1796-1800)

Abstract This paper aims to show how the threads of the Spanish-French alliance worked by studying one of the most interesting diplomatic cases: the failed attempt at peace between Portugal and France with Spanish mediation. These negotiations subject to a multitude of problems and political changes, as well as to corruption, to power struggle, to fears and to the fulfillment of the respective alliances, in the period from 1796 to 1800. The article has been structured in four large blocks that depend on the change in conversations.Este trabajo pretende mostrar cómo funcionaban los resortes de la alianza hispano-francesa mediante el estudio de uno de los casos diplomáticos más interesantes: el fallido intento de paz entre Portugal y Francia con la mediación española. Unas negociaciones sujetas a multitud de problemas y cambios políticos, así como a la corrupción, a las luchas de poder, a miedos y al cumplimiento de las respectivas alianzas, en el periodo que va de 1796 a 1800. El artículo se ha estructurado en cuatro grandes bloques que dependen del cambio en las conversaciones.AbstractThis paper aims to show how the threads of the Spanish-French alliance worked by studying one of the most interesting diplomatic cases: the failed attempt at peace between Portugal and France with Spanish mediation. These negotiations subject to a multitude of problems and political changes, as well as to corruption, to power struggle, to fears and to the fulfillment of the respective alliances, in the period from 1796 to 1800. The article has been structured in four large blocks that depend on the change in conversations