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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Motín de Esquilache
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.
Online article from the magazine Historia National Geographic on “Esquilache, the most hated minister in Madrid”
Episode 17 of the documentary series Memoria de España: Charles III, lights and shadows of Enlightenment reformism.
Thematic portal on the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767
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