Denuncia social y corrupción en la obra del afrancesado Manuel José Centeno (1821).

The Frenchified clergy in 1808 backed the Bonaparte monarchy, hoping for changes in the rigid structures of the Ancient Regime in Spain. The reformism of the French Enlightenment was the hope placed in the new Josephine dynasty, especially in the economic, social and political order of the country. The aim of this paper is to analyze Manuel José Centeno's Memoria sobre los expósitos, in which we will try to detect the allegations of corruption in the charitable institutions. This group of clergymen supported the enlightened reforms and the humanization of the care of foundlings and orphans in the institutions where they were admitted. The care and safety of unmarried mothers was another of the concerns expressed in the work, above all to prevent clandestine abortions and infanticide, which were so common at the time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]