Montjuïc trial
The Montjuïc trial was a trial of anarchist suspects in the military Montjuïc Castle following the 1896 terrorist attack on the Barcelonean Corpus Christi procession. About 400 suspects were arrested, from whom 87 were put on trial and five executed. Stories of forced confessions through torture led to an 1898–1899 campaign for a judicial review of the trial organized through Alejandro Lerroux and his newspaper El Progreso. Republican support for Lerroux from this action led to his rise as a left-wing force in Barcelona.[1][2]
Anarchist Michele Angiolillo assassinated the Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo in retaliation for his role in the trial and its executions.[3]
References
- ^ Smith, Angel (2009). "Montjuïc trial". Historical Dictionary of Spain (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-8108-5849-7.
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- ^ Smith 2009, p. 130.
Further reading
- Abelló, Teresa (January 5, 2010). "Anarchism in the Catalan-speaking countries: between syndicalism and propaganda (1868-1931)". Catalan Historical Review. 0 (3): 87–102-102. doi:10.2436/chr.v0i3.37025. ISSN 2013-4088.
- Avilés Farré, Juan (2006). Francisco Ferrer y Guardia: pedagogo, anarquista y mártir (in Spanish). Madrid: Marcial Pons Ediciones de Historia. ISBN 978-84-96467-19-4. OCLC 69675636.
- Denga, Joaquín Beltrán (January 2010). "El anarcocomunismo y la práctica terrorista en Barcelona y el enjuiciamiento por parte de la prensa de esta ciudad: 1893-1897". Espiral Estudios sobre Estado y Sociedad (in Spanish). 16 (47). ISSN 2594-021X.
- Ginger, Andrew; Lawless, Geraldine (2018). Spain in the nineteenth century: New essays on experiences of culture and society. Manchester University Press. p. 378. ISBN 978-1-5261-2476-0.
- Pérez de la Dehesa, Rafael (August 1968). "Los escritores españoles ante el proceso de Montjuich" (PDF). In Magis, Carlos H. (ed.). Actas del Tercer Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas. Congreso de la Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas (in Spanish). México: El Colegio de México. ISBN 84-690-1615-6.
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