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• JOVELLANOS (or JovE LLANOS), GASPAR MELCHOR DE (1744-1811)

JOVELLANOS (or JovE LLANOS), GASPAR MELCHOR DE (1744-1811)  , See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish statesman and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Gijon in See also:

• ASTURIAS

Asturias, See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, on the 5th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1744 . Selecting See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law as his profession, he studied at See also:

• OVIEDO

Oviedo, See also:

• AVILA
• AVILA (anc. Abula or Avela)
• AVILA, GIL GONZALEZ DE (c. 1577-1658)

Avila, and See also:

• ALCALA (Moorish al Kala, the " Fortress " or " Castle ")

Alcala, and in 1767 became criminal See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge at See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville . His integrity and ability were rewarded in 1778 by a judgeship in See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, and in 1780 by See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment to the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of military orders . In the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital See also:

• JOVELLANOS (or JovE LLANOS), GASPAR MELCHOR DE (1744-1811)

Jovellanos took a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the See also:

• LITERARY

literary and scientific See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies; for the society of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country he wrote in 1787 his most valuable See also:

• WORK

work, Informe sobre un proyecto de ley agraria . Involved in the disgrace of his friend, See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• CABARRUS, FRANCOIS (1752-1810)

Cabarrus, Jovellanos spent the years 1790 to 1797 in a sort of banishment at Gijon, engaged in literary work and in See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding the Asturian institution for agricultural, See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial, social and educational reform throughout his native See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . This institution continued his See also:

• DARLING
• DARLING, GRACE HORSLEY (1815-1842)

darling project up to the latest See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours of his See also:

• LIFE

life . Summoned again to public life in 1797, Jovellanos refused the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, but accepted that of See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace and See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, under " the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace," whose See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention had been directed to him by Cabarrus, then a favourite of See also:

• GODOY, ALVAREZ DE FARIA, RIOS SANCHEZ Y ZARZOSA, MANUEL DE (1767-1851)

Godoy . Displeased with Godoy's policy and conduct Jovellanos combined with his colleague See also:

• SAAVEDRA, ANGEL DE, DUKE OF RIVAS (1791-1865)

Saavedra to procure his dismissal . Godoy returned to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in 1798; Jovellanos was again sent to Gijon, but in 18o1 was thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison in See also:

• MAJORCA (Mallorca)

Majorca . The revolution of 18o8, and the advance of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French into Spain, set him once more at See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty . See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte, on mounting the Spanish See also:

• THRONE

throne, made Jovellanos the most brilliant offers; but the latter, sternly refusing them all, joined the patriotic party, became a member of the central See also:

• JUNTA (from juntar, to join)

junta, and contributed to reorganize the See also:

• CORTES
• CORTES, HERNAN

cortes . This accomplished, the junta at once See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under suspicion, and Jovellanos was involved in its fall .

To expose the conduct of the cortes, and to defend the junta and himself were the last labours of his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen . In 1811 he was enthusiastically welcomed to Gijon; but the approach of the French drove him forth again . The See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel in which he sailed was compelled by stress of See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather to put in at See also:

• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA
• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1503-1536)

Vega in Asturias, and there he died on:the 27th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1811 . The poetical See also:

• WORKS

works of Jovellanos comprise a tragedy'El pelayo, the See also:

• COMEDY

comedy El delincuente honrado, satires, and See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous pieces, including a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the first See also:

• BOOK

book of See also:

• PARADISE (Gr. lrap6BEwos)

Paradise Lost . His See also:

• PROSE

prose works, especially those on See also:

• POLITICAL

political and legislative See also:

• ECONOMY

economy, constitute his real See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title to literary fame . In them See also:

• DEPTH

depth of thought an] clear-sighted sagacity are couched in a certain Ciceroman elegance and classical purity of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . Besides the Ley agraria he wrote Elogios; various political and other essays; and Memorias politicas (1801), suppressed in Spain, and translated into French, 1825 . An edition of his See also:

• COMPLETE

complete works was published at Madrid (1831–1832) in 7 vols., and another at See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona (1839) . See Noticias historicas de See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don G . M. de Jovellanos (1812), and Memorias See also:

• PARA
• PARA (officially BELEM; sometimes BELEM DO PARA)

para la See also:

• VIDA, MARCO GIROLAMO (c. 1489-1566)

vida del Senor ... Jovellanos, by J . A .

C . See also:

• BERMUDEZ

Bermudez (1814) .