DE LA EXCEPCIONALIDAD POLÍTICA A LA RESTRICCIÓN JURISDICCIONAL EN LA CALIFORNIA FRANCISCANA (1768-1803). (Spanish)

In 1768, the missionaries of the Company of Jesus, banished from all imperial territories by King Charles III, left the peninsula of California. During 70 years, the Company had maintained an exceptional power in the region that ended precisely in expulsion. Substitute missionaries, all of them Franciscan, performed their chores in a different context to that of their predecessors, since after the collapse of the Jesuit regime, the Crown established the first formal provincial government, charged with the task of carrying out the Spanish Monarch's expansionist plans in the Northern Pacific area of New Spain. In this context, the new friars were circumscribed to the strict management of their missions, although even this was difficult because of the continual mistrust of provincial authorities. Explaining this process is our main goal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En 1768 partieron de la península de California los misioneros de la Compañía de Jesús, desterrados de todos los dominios imperiales por el rey Carlos III. Durante 70 años dicha institución había logrado mantener en esa región un poder excepcional que terminó justo con la expulsión. Los misioneros sustitutos, franciscanos todos ellos, realizaron sus labores en un contexto distinto al de sus antecesores, pues, tras derrumbarse el régimen jesuítico, la corona estableció el primer gobierno formal de la provincia, con el encargo de sacar adelante los planes expansionistas del monarca español en el alto Pacífico novohispano. Así las cosas, los nuevos frailes se vieron circunscritos a la estricta dirección de sus misiones, pero aun esto se dio con dificultades, pues el celo de las autoridades provinciales se interpuso continuamente. Explicar dicho proceso es lo que nos mueve. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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