Aproximación a la organización bibliotecaria española en el siglo XVIII

THE ILLUSTRATED IDEAL OF PUBLIC HAPPINESS, PROGRESS AND USEFULNESS IS ASSUMED BY THE SPANISH ILLUSTRATED ELITE. ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY. THIS DETERMINATION TO TAKE THE COUNTRY OUT OF ITS SECULAR BACKWARD STATE IS GOING TO BE OBVIOUS IN THE EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL FIELDS. BUT THE EDUCATION REFORM AND THE CREATION OF ACADEMIES AND SOCIETIES DEMANDED ALSO, AS A STRUCTURAL BASE, THE OPENING OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES. THROUGH THEM IT WAS INTENDED TO PUT AT EVERYBODY'S HAND ALL THOSE ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR STUDYING AND READING. THE ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL NORMS ISSUED FROM THE CROWN, FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE ROYAL LIBRARY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE BOURBON DYNASTY, TO THE RE-ORGANISATION AND FORMATION OF NEW