The Constitutional Charter of 1826 Reform Acts

Authors

  • Paulo Jorge Fernandes Universidade Nova de Lisboa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i13.343

Keywords:

Portugal, 19th and 20th centuries, Constitutional Charter of 1826, Reform Acts, Political Parties

Abstract

The Constitutional Charter of 1826 was the fundamental law with the longer duration in the history of contemporary Portugal being in force for three distinct periods (1826-1828, 1834-1836 and 1842-1910). However, the original document has been revised four times throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (1852, 1885, 1895-1896 and 1907), representing different moments in the realm’s political evolution. This paper aims to summarize the successive phases of constitutional reform, with particular emphasis on what happened in 1885, since that was a reform agreed between the two main political forces of the monarchy. This moment also represent a milestone for the characterization of the alternation in power between the “Regenerador” (center-right wing) and “Progressista” (center-left wing) parties in force until the eve of the Republic.

 

Fecha de envío / Submission Date: 13/04/2012

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance Date: 13/05/2012

Author Biography

Paulo Jorge Fernandes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Doutorado em História Institucional e Política Contemporânea. Professor Auxiliar Convidado do Departamento de História da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Investigador Integrado do Instituto de História Contemporânea. Entre os últimos livros publicados destaque-se: Mariano Cirilo de Carvalho: o «Poder Oculto» do liberalismo português, 1876-1892 (Lisboa, Assembleia da República e Texto Editora, 2010) e Mouzinho de Albuquerque: um soldado ao serviço do Império (Lisboa, A Esfera dos Livros, 2010).

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Issue

No. 13 (2012): Historia Constitucional N. 13 (2012)

Section

The Historical Constitutionalism of Portugal (1826-1976)

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