Reign of Charles IV of Spain. Manuel Godoy ordered the arrest of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos on 13 March 1801, and his banishment to Majorca in the Carthusian Monastery of Valldemossa, where he was under the care of the monks until 1802. Jovellanos is handed over for his custody in the monastery. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851. (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)