The Jesuits, 1534-1921 A History of the Society of Jesus from Its Foundation to the Present Time

CHAPTER XVI

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CHARLES III

The Bourbon Kings of Spain--Character of Charles III-- Spanish Ministries--O'Reilly--The Hat and Cloak Riot-- Cowardice of Charles--Tricking the monarch--The Decree of Suppression--Grief of the Pope--His death--Disapproval in France by the Encyclopedists--The Royal Secret-- Simultaneousness of the Suppression--Wanderings of the Exiles--Pignatelli--Expulsion by Tanucci 504-529