Speaker:
- Pedro Omar Svriz Wucherer
Fellow MIAS - Tomás y Valiente
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Summary:
The image accompanying this presentation belongs to the German painter Joseph Haier and aptly represents some of the fundamental points we intend to explore in depth with our research: 1) Understanding the processes of circulation and consumption of European wine in two specific territories of the Iberian empires. 2) Comprehending to what extent these products of European origin generated modifications in the consumption habits of local populations, even leading to intoxication as depicted in the image. 3) To what extent the "justification" of religious objectives generated and drove the diffusion of these products and the technical advances that allowed for an increase in their production, as well as the development of local varieties; and 4) What types of wine were transported and in what ways this was done across those frontiers.
Finally, we will present the first advances of our research by observing several case studies identified in the frontiers of the Iberian empires during the Modern Era.