Exiliados - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:22:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Exiliados - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The El Escorial Conspiracy as seen by an exiled Jesuit (1808) https://historylab.es/the-el-escorial-conspiracy-as-seen-by-an-exiled-jesuit-1808/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-el-escorial-conspiracy-as-seen-by-an-exiled-jesuit-1808 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-conspiracion-de-el-escorial-vista-por-un-jesuita-exiliado-1808/ Jesuit point of view through the diaries of the exiled Manuel Luengo

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]]> The document deals with the so-called Conspiracy of El Escorial from the point of view of the Jesuit exile. This conspiracy consisted of a plot led by Prince Ferdinand of Bourbon to depose Manuel Godoy. It is suspected that the conspiracy was ultimately intended to remove Charles IV from the throne. The Ferdinand attempts failed on 28 October 1807 when the King ordered Ferdinand’s arrest. How did the Jesuits deal with this attempt? The conspiracy was viewed sympathetically; the diary of the Jesuit Manuel Luengo gives evidence of the thoughts of this group: Ferdinand was a victim of Godoy’s political abuses and was entitled to act.

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