Book contents
- Balancing Strategy
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Balancing Strategy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Sea Power and Its Relationship to Strategy and Law
- Part II The Dutch Case Studies
- Part III The Spanish Case Studies
- 6 Kings and Merchants
- 7 Forging Arguments
- 8 Death Comes for the Ambassador
- 9 Reactive Foreign Policy and the End of Spanish Neutrality
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Forging Arguments
Spanish Ships in the High Court of Admiralty
from Part III - The Spanish Case Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 April 2024
- Balancing Strategy
- Cambridge Military Histories
- Balancing Strategy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Sea Power and Its Relationship to Strategy and Law
- Part II The Dutch Case Studies
- Part III The Spanish Case Studies
- 6 Kings and Merchants
- 7 Forging Arguments
- 8 Death Comes for the Ambassador
- 9 Reactive Foreign Policy and the End of Spanish Neutrality
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
As the cases of the Jesús, Maria, y José and the San Juan Baptista made their way through the High Court of Admiralty, the arguments that would eventually be laid before the Court of Prize Appeal took shape. This chapter examines the arguments made in each case and how they affected Anglo-Spanish negotiations over neutrality. The chapter also focuses on the debates between British and Spanish ministers about the meaning and interpretation of the Anglo-Spanish Treaty of 1667 which governed Spanish neutral rights. It introduces two key people in Anglo-Spanish negotiations, Felix D’Abreu (Spanish representative in London) and Sir Benjamin Keene (British ambassador to Spain). Both men would be instrumental in shaping the debates on Spanish neutral rights and whether those rights could be protected through decisions handed down by the Court of Prize Appeal.
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- Balancing StrategySea Power, Neutrality, and Prize Law in the Seven Years' War, pp. 149 - 175Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024