[56] Compare the figures on population given at [page 333].
[57] The addition of the name “de Jesús” to that of some of the mystics came from their assertions of a marriage with Christ, according to which fact their names, in Spanish fashion, required this indication of their marital partner.
[58] The best place to see them is in the Velázquez room of the Prado at Madrid.
[59] The British settlement was abandoned in 1774, after which the Spaniards returned. Following the establishment of Argentine independence that country occupied the Falklands, and still claims them. Since 1833, however, they have been in the possession of England.
[60] For negotiating this treaty, which certainly did not redound greatly to the advantage of Spain, Godoy won the title of Prince of the Peace.
[61] Those who have lived in Spanish boarding-houses (fondas) in our own times will recognize that this description lacks very little of fitting contemporary Spain.
[62] See note at page 196.
[63] The Jansenists were a sect within the Catholic Church following the teachings of Cornelis Jansen (1585-1638), who relied upon the tenets of Saint Augustine as the basis for a reform of the church. They were opposed to the doctrine of papal infallibility, and were bitter enemies of the Jesuits, besides differing from other Catholics in certain points of dogma. Their views were eventually pronounced heretical.
[64] On the basis of the usual size of Spanish families, this would have meant one churchman to every five to ten adult men.
[65] One well-known case of clerical impropriety was that of the two ambitious priests whom Queen María Luisa employed as spies to keep her informed whether Godoy were faithful to her or not.