Military orders in revolutionary times: republicanism and the possibility of a military aristocracy. Rio de la Plata, Chile and Peru, 1810-1824

Authors

  • Alejandro M. Rabinovich CONICET-Universidad Nacional de la Pampa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v5i9.153

Keywords:

military orders, Hispanic America, Revolution, Independence, War

Abstract

This article studies the institution of military orders by the Hispano-American revolutionary regimes. Building on an initial analysis of the officer corps of the Army of the Andes, the paper addresses the foundation of the Legion of Merit in Chile and of the Order of the Sun in Peru. It is argued that, from the perspective of its founders, these orders were destined to fulfill a fundamental political role in the new independent States, providing support for authoritarian military regimes and allowing the implantation of foreign officers within a new kind of military aristocracy.

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Author Biography

  • Alejandro M. Rabinovich, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de la Pampa

    Alejandro M. Rabinovich es Doctor en Historia y Civilización por la Escuela de Altos Estudios en Ciencias Sociales de Paris (EHESS). Se desempeña como investigador del CONICET y es profesor de Historia Argentina en la Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (Argentina). Es autor de los libros La société guerrière. Pratiques, discours et valeurs militaires dans le Rio de la Plata, 1806-1852 (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2013) y de Ser soldado en las Guerras de Independencia. La experiencia cotidiana de la tropa en el Río de la Plata, 1810-1824 (Sudamericana, 2013). Especialista en el estudio del fenómeno de la guerra en procesos revolucionarios y de formación estatal, ha recibido el premio de Historia Militar de Francia en 2010.

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Published

2016-05-29

How to Cite

Military orders in revolutionary times: republicanism and the possibility of a military aristocracy. Rio de la Plata, Chile and Peru, 1810-1824. (2016). Revista Universitaria De Historia Militar, 5(9), 15-32. https://doi.org/10.53351/ruhm.v5i9.153

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