Antonio Alvarez de Abreu

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Antonio Alvarez de Abreu

1683–1756

A sharp legal mind from the Canary Islands, he rose to high office in the Spanish monarchy and became known for writing about royal authority in the empire. His life connects scholarship, law, and politics in eighteenth-century Spain.

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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 30 of 55, 1640 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

by Diego Aduarte, Antonio Alvarez de Abreu

About the author

Born in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Antonio José Álvarez de Abreu was a Spanish jurist, political figure, and nobleman of the eighteenth century. Library and archival records identify him as living from 1683 to 1756, while some modern summaries give a different birth year, so the earlier date is often the one used in catalogues.

He studied in the Canary Islands and at the University of Salamanca, then built a career in law and royal administration. He is especially associated with regalism, the defense of royal rights in church and imperial affairs, and he was granted the title Marquis de la Regalía under Philip V.

Álvarez de Abreu is remembered both as a public official and as an author whose work reflects the close ties between legal thought and imperial government in Bourbon Spain. His writings and reputation kept his name alive in major Spanish library, archive, and biographical records long after his death in Madrid in 1756.