Expulsion of Jesuits begins in Portugal

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.3.00: Portuguese Writing and Culture, 700-present.
Vol. editors: Stuart Green (University of Leeds), Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds)

Domains

Jesuits
Religious and political repression

Dates

Date of occurrence 1759-09-03

Places

Portugal (Location)

In Portugal, Jesuits begin to be expelled from the country. This results in part from the conspiracy of 1758, in which it was rumoured that Jesuits had inside knowledge of the attempted royal assassination by the Tavora family. Other contributing factors include disputes in the New World about transfers of colonial territory between Spain and Portugal, in which it appeared that the Jesuits might be attempting to assert an independent empire of their own.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Expulsion of Jesuits begins in Portugal". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=17746, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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