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.
Collection: Texts
Chronology: XIX
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Historical source
Format: Unknown
Source: Archivo de Loyola, Diario de Manuel Luengo, tomo XLII.
Language: Spanish
Date: 1808
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: © Enrique Giménez López, 2017 © Archivo de Loyola © El blog El Tiempo de los Modernos en el siglo XVIII
Abstract: Jesuit point of view through the diaries of the exiled Manuel Luengo
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18071808Carlos IVConspiración de El EscorialExiliadosFernando VIIFuentes históricasFuentes primariasjesuítasManuel GodoyReinado de Carlos IVSiglo XIX
