Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización)

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The Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) was a series of 19th-century liberal reforms that expropriated and sold off Church and monastic properties to reduce ecclesiastical power and raise state revenue.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anticlerical policy ⓘ
confiscation ⓘ
economic reform ⓘ
liberal reform ⓘ
aimedAt creation of a liberal property-owning class ⓘ
secularization of property ⓘ
weakening of the Catholic Church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Desamortización española ⓘ
Spanish disentailment ⓘ
appliesTo Church lands ⓘ
convents ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
municipal commons ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
consequence concentration of land in few hands ⓘ
disappearance of many religious communities ⓘ
fiscal relief for the Spanish state ⓘ
social conflict in rural areas ⓘ
transfer of Church property to private owners ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
hasPart Desamortización de Godoy ⓘ
Desamortización de Madoz ⓘ
Desamortización de Mendizábal ⓘ
historicalContext 19th-century European secularization ⓘ
historicalPeriod Spanish liberal revolution ⓘ
implementedBy Spanish Cortes ⓘ
linked to: Cortes Españolas

Spanish liberal governments ⓘ
influenced later Spanish church–state relations ⓘ
structure of Spanish landownership ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas ⓘ
liberal economic theory ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
legalForm series of laws ⓘ
mainSubject expropriation of Church property ⓘ
increase of state revenue ⓘ
reduction of ecclesiastical power ⓘ
sale of monastic lands ⓘ
opposedBy Spanish Catholic Church ⓘ
conservative factions in Spain ⓘ
politicalAlignment Spanish liberalism ⓘ
relatedTo Spanish First Carlist War ⓘ
linked to: Carlist Wars

Spanish anticlericalism ⓘ
Spanish land reform ⓘ
startTime 19th century ⓘ
supportedBy Spanish liberals ⓘ
linked to: Spanish liberalism

progressive governments ⓘ
temporalLocation reign of Isabella II of Spain ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poblet Monastery → disestablishedBy → Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) ⓘ
Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) → hasPart → Desamortización de Mendizábal ⓘ
linked to: Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización)
Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) → hasPart → Desamortización de Madoz ⓘ
linked to: Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización)
Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) → relatedTo → Spanish land reform ⓘ
linked to: Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización)
Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) → alsoKnownAs → Desamortización española ⓘ
linked to: Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización)
Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) → alsoKnownAs → Spanish disentailment ⓘ
linked to: Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización)