Marqués de Esquilache - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:37:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Marqués de Esquilache - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Provision of Charles III on the riots that occurred in the town of Madrid between 23rd and 26th March https://historylab.es/provision-of-charles-iii-on-the-riots-that-occurred-in-the-town-of-madrid-between-23rd-and-26th-march/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=provision-of-charles-iii-on-the-riots-that-occurred-in-the-town-of-madrid-between-23rd-and-26th-march Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:51 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/provision-de-carlos-iii-sobre-los-alborotos-ocurridos-en-la-villa-de-madrid-entre-el-23-y-26-de-marzo/ 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.

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]]> The Esquilache riot was the most important social, economic and political revolt of the 18th century (1766). The shortage of basic foodstuffs, including bread, and the speculation of hoarders were two of the reasons that led the lower social classes to riot against the rulers. In the case of the Motín de Esquilache, the revolt ended with the march, via Cartagena, of the Marquis, who had to leave the peninsula in the face of the events and the demands of the lower social classes.

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]]> The Esquilache Mutiny (1766) https://historylab.es/the-esquilache-mutiny-1766/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-esquilache-mutiny-1766 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:26 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/el-motin-de-esquilache-1766/ The image represents "El Motín de Esquilache", a work by José Martí y Monsó, which received the Honourable Mention at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1864.

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]]> The Motín de Esquilache was a revolt that took place in Madrid in March 1766, when King Carlos III was king, due to the publication of a municipal regulation governing the clothing of the people of Madrid, and which was dictated by Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquis of Esquilache, the king’s main minister, who was also blamed for the high cost of bread. The measure generated such unrest that the popular mobilisation came to be considered a threat to the king’s own security. Although this revolt has been interpreted as a subsistence riot, which coincides with similar revolts in other parts of Spain, it is known to have been instigated by different groups of nobility and ecclesiastical power, belonging to different court factions, with conflicting interests, who fought for power. In the Museo del Prado catalogue, what is depicted in the work is described as follows: “Then the bailiffs, accompanied by tailors, put the disobedient into the gates, and there they pointed their hats at them and cut off their cloaks, the violence of which intimidated the faint-hearted, offended the sensible and encouraged the brave to look for noise”.

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