Papers relating to the Madrid revolutions of 1766 known as the Motín de Esquilache
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Order declaring as null and void the casualties caused by the uprising as well as the pardons and pardons and as enemies of the homeland to those who have thus intervened or taken part in the uprisings. Dated 5 May 1766.
Provision of Charles III by which, in spite of the representations of the Nobility, town, major and minor guilds of Madrid, which are inserted, regarding the riots that occurred in the town of Madrid between the 23rd and 26th of March (Esquilache Mutiny), H.M. does not wish to re-establish the Junta de Abastos that was suppressed, and you order that this task be carried out by the corregidor and town council of Madrid.
Power elites, social groups
Van Loo depicted the family of Philip V, the new dynasty in 18th century Spain, in this huge canvas
Goya immortalised the family of Charles IV in a canvas with a variety of political views
Fhilip V’s entry into the city of Seville, where the Court moved between 1729 and 1733.
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