The restoration of Fernando VII in 1814

Authors

  • Emilio La Parra López Universidad de Alicante

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i15.402

Keywords:

Restoration, Fernando VII, counterrevolution, Velençay Treaty, Wellington

Abstract

This study provides an explanation about the political change in 1814 Spain. Unlike from the Bourbons restoration in France and Naples, the return to traditional Monarchy in Spain was not due to an agreement between the political forces of the country. Neither was a “natural fact” due to the lack of support of the constitutional system by Spaniards, as some historians have said. The political change was the result of a violent imposition though a coup of state from the counter-revolutionary sector, which used the good public opinion about Fernando VII and had the support of Napoleon as well as Wellington and the British government by different issues.

Enviado el (Submission Date): 4/02/2014
Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 7/04/2014

Author Biography

Emilio La Parra López, Universidad de Alicante

Catedrático de Historia Contemporánea. Profesor invitado en las Universidades Aix-Marseille I y Tours. Especialista en la historia política y cultural en el tránsito del siglo XVIII al XIX. Entre sus libros, destacan El primer liberalismo y la Iglesia (Alicante, 1985), Manuel Godoy. La aventura del poder (Madrid, 2002), Los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis (Madrid, 2007).

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Published

2014-07-28

Issue

No. 15 (2014): Historia Constitucional N. 15 (2014)

Section

Spain

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