In the 16th century, the prestigious Jesuit order founded by Ignatius of Loyola was an authentic regenerative movement of the Christian religion in the Catholic sphere. Over time, the order acquired enormous political and economic clout. The Jesuits spread their networks throughout almost the entire planet, so that when the monarchies experienced a process of strengthening, they would view this religious institution with suspicion. That moment would come in the second half of the 18th century, when the Catholic monarchies advocated royalism, which was the recovery and strengthening of royal powers. To justify their expulsion, the Jesuits were accused of multiple crimes, including tyrannicide. Indeed, the Jesuits defended tyrannicide when the sovereign did not fulfil his obligations, the most representative case being that of Father Mariana, who defended these postulates as early as the 17th century. In reality, the monarchies did not want to continue to rely on such a powerful institution that still owed its loyalty to the pope, so they were expelled from almost all of Catholic Europe. In Portugal they were expelled in 1759, in France in 1762 and in Spain in 1767.

Collection: Texts

Chronology: XVIII

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: https://rua.ua.es/dspace/bitstream/10045/35436/1/RHM_31.pdf

Resource type: Historical source

Source: A.G.S. Estado. leg. 7.291. Agustín Sánchez Cabello a Grimaldi. Lisboa, 12 de mayo de 1767

Language: Spanish

Date: 1767

Owner: Djebril Bouzidi (Modernalia)

Identifier: A.G.S. Estado. leg. 7.291. Agustín Sánchez Cabello a Grimaldi. Lisboa, 12 de mayo de 1767

Abstract: The consul Agustín Sánchez Cabello, stationed in Lisbon, reports on the strict orders given in 1767 concerning the Jesuits