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Madrid Gazette

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000

Gazeta is the database that offers the historical collection of the Official Gazette and contains provisions and news published in the official newspapers that preceded the current “Official State Gazette” from 1661 to 1959. The digital collection contains around 1,450,000 documents with a wide variety of news items – announcements, communications, regulations, etc. – many of them of great historical interest, constituting a rich source of information on the most important events of each period, both national and foreign. The database offers an index with the different historical periods it covers, including the reigns and main historical moments of Spain from the 17th to the 20th centuries.On the other hand, it is important to point out that since its beginning in 1661 and throughout its history, the Gaceta received different titles, and that at certain historical moments, several official newspapers coexisted under different names.

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The Caprices of Goya

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000

Web page dedicated to Los Caprichos by Goya, a way of approaching the crisis of the Ancient Regime in Spain, through the painter’s gaze and the image. The Caprichos coincide chronologically with one of the most decisive periods in the History of Spain. In this way we can approach Spanish society at the end of the 18th century and understand the painter’s criticism, linked to those behaviours far removed from the reformism typical of the intellectual circles of the Enlightenment.

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Women in history. The Enlightenment and women

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000

The century of the Enlightenment was the century of the master painter Francisco de Goya, José Cadalso and the musician Domingo Arquimbau, but it was also the century of women, not forgetting that it was the scene of the first Tonadilla divas and of many aristocratic ladies who practised artistic activities as entertainment. The chapter deals with the crucial role played by some well-educated women with an interest in culture and high social standing, such as María Josefa Alfonso Pimentel, María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero (Countess of Montijo) and Josefa Amar y Borbón, who favoured the creation of literary salons and social clubs or conversation houses, as Jovellanos called them. These salons challenged the patterns and models belonging to traditionally male spheres. This video documentary shows biographical sketches of the lives of these women and their drive to protect culture and the figure of numerous artists, writers and philosophers. Their lives were not easy, as they had to fight and defend themselves from constant attack by institutions, including the Inquisition.

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The Countess of Montijo (1754-1808)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:41 +0000

who was Mª Francisca de Sales Portocarrero y Guzmán (1754-1808), VI Countess of Montijo? The answer is offered by Gloria Franco Rubio, Professor of Modern History at the Complutense University of Madrid, in a presentation lasting just over 13 minutes. The video, hosted on the website Recursos Didácticos para la Historia Moderna y Contemporánea de las Mujeres y las Relaciones de Género en España, focuses on her figure as one of the most brilliant women of enlightened Spain. Translator of French works, salon conductor, active secretary of the Junta de Damas, she was also a suspect in religious matters. Her life trajectory shows a strong and free personality, unconventional in the society of her time and contrary to the model of the traditional domestic woman. Involved in the problems of her time, she wanted to contribute to the attainment of public happiness by getting involved in the search for solutions, developing activities and contributing initiatives that led her to adopt a personal commitment to the reformist tendencies of the enlightened governments, almost always acting with great solidarity towards women

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Teresa Montalvo a salonnière. Calle de la Luna (Madrid)

ad_hlab_min — Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:27:41 +0000

Teresa Montalvo was a Cuban intellectual whose literary and political salon shone in Madrid at the end of the 18th century, located in an estate that no longer exists on Calle Luna and the old Calle Panaderos. Married to the Count of Jaruco, Teresa’s life changed when she moved to Madrid in 1789. In the capital, her intelligence, personality and social skills turned her house, where she had a large library, into a political, economic and cultural centre that was frequented by Goya, Moratín and other writers and intellectuals of the time. Despite her personal difficulties, such as the death of her husband in 1807 or the rumours that identified her as the lover of José I during the War of Independence, her figure is considered a catalyst of Enlightenment ideas, a facilitator of projects and business – especially between Spain and Cuba – and an intelligent person who knew how to make the most of the Spanish court customs of the time. The video, 4.48 minutes long, is part of “Madrid, Ciudad de las Mujeres”, a cultural and touristic application where the traces of women in the city of Madrid are recovered http://madridciudaddelasmujeres.es/ and to which we refer for this description.

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Sid Meier’s Civilization IV