HISP 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Manuel Godoy, Francisco Goya, Spanish Constitution Of 1812
23 Dec 2018
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Napoleon, went to war to control europe, gain access to the markets, -> popular uprising to oppose napoleon, a sense of nationhood and national consciousness, leads to total war. Ferdinand implements forced conscription, to win battles in la, but there is a limit. 1823, french organize army 1000 sons of st louis, they depose liberal gov"t, (8) return absolute power to ferdinand. He knew things had changed, and he made pacts with moderate liberals. Pacts with moderates extended bc he only had a daughter, as laws at that time specified the crown must go to a male heir, ie his brother carlos. Moderates said we will accept your daughter, as long as she is a constitutional monarch. Basque country, and it is a proto-nationalist movement: conservative/decentralized and multi-national state. Isabelinos: constitutional monarchy, centralized nation, separation of church and state in various degrees, centralist liberal state.
