Juan Ferreras
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Juan de Ferreras y García (1 June 1652, La Bañeza
- 8 June 1735), Spanish
priest who became one of the founder members of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1713 under King Philip V of Spain
.
Once opened to the intellectuals the Royal Library by a decree of 1711, and its real opening in 1712 the Royal Librarian Gabriel Alvarez de Toledo
died soon and there were pressures from the Jesuits to get Juan de Ferreras appointed as Royal Librarian. He coordinated the formal royal decrees on the Rules of Use of the Library in 1716, stating that the Director should be the Confessor of the King.
In 1717 and as a consequence of the role played by the Catalans supporting during the Spanish Succession War the Habsburg rulers of Austria rather than the French Bourbons, it was created in Catalunya a new University in Cervera
, resulting in the disappearance of the University of Barcelona
.
Such new and single University for all the Catalunya territory recruited many Jesuit priests teaching before at the Barcelona Colegio de Cordelles and therefore would be mainly controlled by the Jesuits.
Further, the Seminario de Nobles of Madrid, created in 1727 would be also strongly influenced by the Jesuits. As the Royal Library got as a rule to receive no less than one book printed in Spain since then, the amount of all kinds of information available to such people began to increase exponentially. But this apparent state of things was no useful to the New Dynasty.
La Bañeza
La Bañeza is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census , the municipality has a population of 11,050 inhabitants.It is the capital of the region of Tierra de La Bañeza....
- 8 June 1735), Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
priest who became one of the founder members of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1713 under King Philip V of Spain
Philip V of Spain
Philip V was King of Spain from 15 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.Before his reign, Philip occupied an exalted place in the royal family of France as a...
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Once opened to the intellectuals the Royal Library by a decree of 1711, and its real opening in 1712 the Royal Librarian Gabriel Alvarez de Toledo
Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo
Gabriel Alvarez de Toledo y Pellicer , , Founder Member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1713, Secretary of the King of Spain and a Knight of the Military Order of Alcantara...
died soon and there were pressures from the Jesuits to get Juan de Ferreras appointed as Royal Librarian. He coordinated the formal royal decrees on the Rules of Use of the Library in 1716, stating that the Director should be the Confessor of the King.
In 1717 and as a consequence of the role played by the Catalans supporting during the Spanish Succession War the Habsburg rulers of Austria rather than the French Bourbons, it was created in Catalunya a new University in Cervera
Cervera
Cervera is the capital of the comarca of Segarra, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. The title Compte de Cervera is a courtesy title, formerly part of the Crown of Aragon, that has been revived for Felipe, Prince of Asturias....
, resulting in the disappearance of the University of Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
.
Such new and single University for all the Catalunya territory recruited many Jesuit priests teaching before at the Barcelona Colegio de Cordelles and therefore would be mainly controlled by the Jesuits.
Further, the Seminario de Nobles of Madrid, created in 1727 would be also strongly influenced by the Jesuits. As the Royal Library got as a rule to receive no less than one book printed in Spain since then, the amount of all kinds of information available to such people began to increase exponentially. But this apparent state of things was no useful to the New Dynasty.