Abstract

FONSECA, Teresa. Crown magistrates in the popularanti-French revolts. The Ferragudo uprising of 1808. e-JPH [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.1, pp.20-39. ISSN 1645-6432.

This paper examines the question of the popular anti-French revolts of 1808 during the final stages of the occupation of Portuguese territory by Napoleon’s troops, which had invaded the country in November 1807 following its failure to enforce the continental blockade. First, we situate the uprisings within the Iberian context, and then we focus on the specific case of the revolt by the people of the fishing village of Ferragudo. We seek to gauge their motivations and characteristics, and place the event within the framework of resistance against the French occupation and the treatment meted out to supposed collaborators and sympathizers. In a detailed analysis of the case of the juíz de fora of Lagoa, we seek to explain how Crown magistrates were among the socio-professional groups in Portugal who suffered most from the wave of persecution.

Keywords : Algarve; French invasion; popular revolts; Frenchified; Crown magistrates.

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