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History of Spain. Madrid. Slaughter of friars, 17 July 1834. Anti-clerical mutiny during the regency of Maria Cristina. Several convents in Madrid were stormed and dozens of friars were killed. In the summer of 1833 a cholera epidemic reached Spain, which spread rapidly in Madrid a year later. The epidemic caused hundreds of deaths in few days. A rumour was spread throughout the city blaming the Jesuits to poison the water in the fountains, causing a mob to massacre the religious on the afternoon of 17 July. Beheading of the friars, in the basilica of San Francisco el Grande. Illustration after the painting by Ramón Pulido. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume VII. Madrid, 1893.

History of Spain. Madrid. Slaughter of friars, 17 July 1834. Anti-clerical mutiny during the regency of Maria Cristina. Several convents in Madrid were stormed and dozens of friars were killed. In the summer of 1833 a cholera epidemic reached Spain, which spread rapidly in Madrid a year later. The epidemic caused hundreds of deaths in few days. A rumour was spread throughout the city blaming the Jesuits to poison the water in the fountains, causing a mob to massacre the religious on the afternoon of 17 July. Beheading of the friars, in the basilica of San Francisco el Grande. Illustration after the painting by Ramón Pulido. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume VII. Madrid, 1893.
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History of Spain. Madrid. Slaughter of friars, 17 July 1834. Anti-clerical mutiny during the regency of Maria Cristina. Several convents in Madrid were stormed and dozens of friars were killed. In the summer of 1833 a cholera epidemic reached Spain, which spread rapidly in Madrid a year later. The epidemic caused hundreds of deaths in few days. A rumour was spread throughout the city blaming the Jesuits to poison the water in the fountains, causing a mob to massacre the religious on the afternoon of 17 July. Beheading of the friars, in the basilica of San Francisco el Grande. Illustration after the painting by Ramón Pulido. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume VII. Madrid, 1893.
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1834 19TH CENTURY ANTI-CLERICALISM ANTICLERICAL RIOT ANTICLERICAL ANTICLERICALISM ASSASSINATION ASSAULT ASSAULTS ATTACK ATTACKING AXE BASILICA OF SAINT FRANCIS THE GREAT BEHEADING CATHOLICISM CHOLERA EPIDEMIC CHOLERA CHROMOLITHOGRAPH CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY CHURCH CLERGYMAN CLERIC CLOISTER COLOR COLOUR COMMUNITY OF MADRID CONVENT CONVENTS CROWD CROWDED DEATH DEATHS DECAPITATION DEGOLLACION DOCTRINE ECCLESIA ECCLESIASTICAL EPIDEMIC EPISODE EUROPE FAITH FALSE RUMOR FALSE RUMOUR FIRST CARLIST WAR FRIAR FRIARS HATE HATRED HISTORIA DE ESPANA HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORIC HISTORICAL HISTORY OF SPAIN HISTORY SPAIN HISTORY HISTORY, SPAIN HOAX HOMICIDE ILLNESS INDOOR INSIDE VIEW INSIDE INSURRECTION INTERIOR JULY 17 KILLED MADRID MASSACRE OF FRIARS MASSACRE OF RELIGIOUS MASSACRE MOB MONASTERY MONK MULTITUDE MURDERED MURDERING MURDERS MUTINY PEST PILLAGING PLAGUE POISONED WATER POISONING PRIEST PRIESTS PRIVATE COLLECTION REBELLION REGENCY OF MARIA CRISTINA RELIGION RELIGIOUS REVOLT RITE RUMOR RUMOUR RUSH (CROWD) SAINT FRANCIS THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO EL GRANDE BASILICA SAN FRANCISCO EL GRANDE CHURCH SAN FRANCISCO EL GRANDE SCENE SLAIN SLAUGHTER SLAUGHTERING SPAIN SPAIN, HISTORY SPANISH STAGE THEATER THEATRE THRONG VIOLENCE VIOLENCIA WATER