Rogativas y desastre en las políticas de la Monarquía Hispánica: amenazas naturales, discurso y gestión en Santiago de Chile durante el siglo XVIII

The 18th century implied a series of changes at the political-administrative level with the arrival of the Bourbons to the Spanish Crown. These changes had an impact on the configurations (spatial and administrative) of the overseas territories, including elements of management and discourses around the environment. In the case of the Captaincy General of Chile, various natural threats arose and, in some cases, triggered disaster processes. The most striking ones were warned around torrential rains and floods, but in the case of threats such as droughts, these took the stage silently (we can appreciate the events of 1718, 1724, 1757, 1772, for example). Thus, this research intends to analyze the concept of disaster through prayers, as symbolic mechanisms of protection, which were deployed by the Hispanic Monarchy and its agents in Chile to address the impact and effects of these threats, and thereby observe How the discourse influenced the management of the environment in Chile.