1 dic 1807 anni - Franco-Spanish army took Lisbon

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Spaniards were divided among:
- Educated middle class who welcomed French rule
- Landowners who feared the loss of power and influence
- Powerful clerics who regarded the French as 'Godless' and opposed the Napoleonic concordat
- Conservatives and Catholic peasants who were hostile to 'outsiders' particularly Frenchmen who challenged authority of the Papacy

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