The reserved inquiry in Barcelona and Gerona (1766) Documentary memory
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.62876/rm.v1i63.6529Keywords:
Reserved research, Barcelona, Gerona, Society of JesusAbstract
The expulsion of the Society of Jesus from the kingdoms of Spain was preceded by the criminal process of the
reserved inquiry.criminal process of the reserved investigation. This article is intended to visit the
documentation produced by this secret investigation in Barcelona and Gerona. The opaque omens, originated
in the Madrid uprising of 1766 (the mutiny against Esquilache), persisted in the mind of Charles III and the
Royal Council of Castile, and the and the Royal Council of Castile, regularly nourished by the aggravating
writings that were published at the court and in the published at court and in the interior of the kingdom. Let
us, then, be guided by the witnesses who testified in Barcelona and in in Barcelona and Gerona to find out, first
hand, what the Jesuits did against the the Jesuits did against the monarch, the government, the royalties and the
Enlightenment, or to realize the falsehood to realize the falsehood that this criminal process entailed.
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Giménez López, E.(transc), Orden para iniciar una pesquisa secreta, 21 de abril de 1766, A.G.S. Gracia y
Justicia, Leg. 1009, ff. 2.
AC 43-2, Instrucción del Fiscal, 30 de septiembre de 1766, ff 2r-2v.
AC 43-2, ff 2r-2v.
