Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización)

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anticlerical policy confiscation economic reform liberal reform

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish disentailment NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	Church lands ⓘ convents ⓘ monasteries ⓘ municipal commons ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Desamortización de Madoz NERFINISHED ⓘ Desamortización de Mendizábal NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	19th-century European secularization ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Spanish liberal revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedBy	Spanish Cortes NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ conservative factions in Spain ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Spanish liberalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Spanish First Carlist War NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish anticlericalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish land reform NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	19th century ⓘ
supportedBy	Spanish liberals NERFINISHED ⓘ progressive governments ⓘ
temporalLocation	reign of Isabella II of Spain ⓘ

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Poblet Monastery → disestablishedBy → Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) ⓘ