Goya; pintura; 2 de mayo; madrileños; franceses; revuelta; independencia; guerra de la independencia; Museo del Prado; siglo XIX - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:38:57 +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 Goya; pintura; 2 de mayo; madrileños; franceses; revuelta; independencia; guerra de la independencia; Museo del Prado; siglo XIX - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 2 May in Madrid or “The fight with the Mamelukes” https://historylab.es/2-may-in-madrid-or-the-fight-with-the-mamelukes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2-may-in-madrid-or-the-fight-with-the-mamelukes Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:41 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-2-de-mayo-en-madrid-o-la-lucha-con-los-mamelucos/ The Madrid uprising in the face of the French invasion in the early 19th century

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]]> Goya’s painting depicts the disturbances that took place in Madrid on 2 May 1808, when several groups of Madrilenians gathered at the Royal Palace in the early hours of the morning. They were aware that the French intended to remove the prince Francisco de Paula from the palace to France along with the rest of the royal family. After José Blas Molina shouted “Let them take him away!”, some of the people of Madrid stormed the palace gates. Believing that the French were taking the prince by force, they attacked a French patrol and unleashed violence in the streets of Madrid, which was accompanied by a desire for revenge and to get rid of the French. Thus, a great spontaneous popular uprising began, with a stockpiling of weapons in which knives were the main weapon of choice. The people of Madrid did not manage to control access to the city gates to prevent French reinforcements from entering the city, which led to a bloody day in which lancers and Mamluks launched a bloody attack on the population.

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