La Iglesia española en (re)construcción: La formación intelectual del clero a través de las universidades y los seminarios conciliares (1788-1833)

Abstract

This study presents an approach to the knowledge of the intellectual formation of the clergy during the transition from the Old Regime to Liberalism in Spain (1788-1833). In order to do this, we analyze the issues that they confrontedregarding the relations between the Catholic Church and the State and the problems between what historiographically is knownas new and old clergy, principally through the conciliar seminars and universities because them both were one of the best educational models in this context. We pay special attention to the San Fulgencio Conciliar Seminary, in the city of Murcia (Spain), and the University of Salamanca through their enrollment books. Finally, we analyse the problematic of disentailments, secularization and regalism, what were their reasons and how they affected the intellectual clergy formation.