José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, virrey del Perú entre 1806 y 1816, tuvo que lidiar con diversas situaciones durante su periodo de gobierno: crisis monárquica, inicio del periodo liberal, juntas autónomas, primeros movimientos revolucionarios, entre otros. Su éxito ha hecho que el virreinato del Perú sea considerado en la historiografía como el bastión del fidelismo en Sudamérica. Sin embargo, esta consideración no solo se debió al accionar del virrey. Junto a él, estuvieron los intendentes, personajes que son el objeto de estudio de esta tesis. La presente investigación analiza a un grupo de intendentes, criollos y peninsulares, durante el gobierno de virrey Abascal para entender su accionar en conjunto y su rol dentro del proceso contrarrevolucionario. De esta manera, lo que se busca entender, al mismo tiempo, es como expresaron los intendentes su fidelidad al Rey durante un periodo tan convulso. / José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, viceroy of Peru between 1806 and 1816, had to deal with various situations during his term of government: monarchical crisis, the beginning of the liberal period, autonomous juntas, first revolutionary movements, among others. His success has made the viceroyalty of Peru to be considered in the historiography as the bastion of fidelity in South America. However, this consideration was not only due to the actions of the viceroy. Next to him, were the intendants, characters that are the object of study of this thesis. The present investigation analyzes a group of intendants, creoles and peninsular, during the government of viceroy Abascal to understand their actions as a whole and their role in the counterrevolutionary process. In this way, what is sought to understand, at the same time, is how the intendants expressed their loyalty to the King during such a convulsive period. / Tesis

José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, virrey del Perú entre 1806 y 1816, tuvo que lidiar con diversas situaciones durante su periodo de gobierno: crisis monárquica, inicio del periodo liberal, juntas autónomas, primeros movimientos revolucionarios, entre otros. Su éxito ha hecho que el virreinato del Perú sea considerado en la historiografía como el bastión del fidelismo en Sudamérica. Sin embargo, esta consideración no solo se debió al accionar del virrey. Junto a él, estuvieron los intendentes, personajes que son el objeto de estudio de esta tesis. La presente investigación analiza a un grupo de intendentes, criollos y peninsulares, durante el gobierno de virrey Abascal para entender su accionar en conjunto y su rol dentro del proceso contrarrevolucionario. De esta manera, lo que se busca entender, al mismo tiempo, es como expresaron los intendentes su fidelidad al Rey durante un periodo tan convulso. / José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, viceroy of Peru between 1806 and 1816, had to deal with various situations during his term of government: monarchical crisis, the beginning of the liberal period, autonomous juntas, first revolutionary movements, among others. His success has made the viceroyalty of Peru to be considered in the historiography as the bastion of fidelity in South America. However, this consideration was not only due to the actions of the viceroy. Next to him, were the intendants, characters that are the object of study of this thesis. The present investigation analyzes a group of intendants, creoles and peninsular, during the government of viceroy Abascal to understand their actions as a whole and their role in the counterrevolutionary process. In this way, what is sought to understand, at the same time, is how the intendants expressed their loyalty to the King during such a convulsive period.