HISP 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Carlism, Fuero, Rightful Heir

• School: McGill University
• Department: Hispanic Studies
• Course: HISP 226
• Professor: Lopez- P

Document Summary

Lecture 12 - 19th century spain: monar(cid:272)hists, li(cid:271)erals, (cid:858)carlists(cid:859) Socio-economic conditions and changes in 19th c spain. Difference between town and country - modernisation that was spreading across europe reached. Spain more in the urban centers than the countryside: conditions of rural laborers - impoverished; literacy is very low; views were conservative (very religious) In the cities, similar divisions emerged: new bourgeoisie (economic activity), they became the consumer middle class on which capitalism could begin operation. Industrialization and the rise of a new class: urban working class. Spain in 1833: a dynastic and socio-political crisis. Ferdinand vii - overturned the salic law (where only males could reign) His daughter isabella inherits at the age of 3. His brother don carlos becomes the pretender: liberals see the young queen as the hope and symbol for constitutional monarchy, conservatives see don carlos as the rightful heir and the defender of conservative values.