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03 THE ENLIGHTENMENT IN SPAIN
NEW EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
The monarchs created or sponsored various types of educational institutions
Academies
Were protected by the king in defence of certain aspects of culture
Examples include
From Madrid
Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Academia de la Lengua Española
From Barcelona
Academia de Matemáticas
Sociedades Económicas de Amigos del País
Stimulate study and experimentation to improve agriculture and artisan industries
18th-century kings promoted the publication of books
Protected some Enlightenment authors
Augustinian monk Jerónimo Feijoo
Teatro crítico universal and Cartas eruditas y curiosas.
The Crown sponsored various scientific expeditions
The ones by Félix de Azara and Alejandro Malaspina in South America
To gather geographical and botanical data
Church still imposed censorship
The main Enlightenment thinkers formed part of the political and cultural elit
Some were given important positions
Such as Campomanes, Floridablanca and Jovellanos, who became ministers
They therefore also wanted to modernise the education system
