Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (Book order)

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos Book order

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos was a Spanish statesman, author, and philosopher who became a prominent figure of the Age of Enlightenment. His prose works, particularly those on political and legislative economy, represent his primary claim to literary fame. These writings are characterized by depth of thought and clear-eyed sagacity, expressed with classical purity and Ciceronian elegance. Beyond his essays on economics, he also produced insightful travel journals and various poetic and dramatic works.

'Report on the Agrarian Law' (1795) and Other Writings

224 pages
8 hours of reading

"Report on the Agrarian Law" (1795) and Other Writings' is the first modern English translation of perhaps the greatest work of the Spanish Enlightenment, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos’s 'Informe sobre la Ley Agraria' (1795). A major work of political economy and a beautifully crafted philosophical history of Spain’s political development until the eighteenth century, 'Informe sobre la Ley Agraria' is a classic work of the Spanish Enlightenment. Displaying the richness of Spanish Enlightenment writing on political economy emerging from a fecund conjugation of foreign writers (Smith, Ferguson, Condillac, Mirabeau, Genovesi) with Spanish writers (Ulloa, Olavide, Uztáriz, Campomanes), this masterpiece explores the lessons learned from the shortcomings of the Spanish Crown's economic policies in the eighteenth century.