The Criticism to the Despotism of the Foreign Dynasties (Habsburg and Bourbon). The Catalan Deputies and the Spanish Parliament of Cadiz

Authors

  • Antoni Sánchez i Carcelén Universidad de Lleida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i19.515

Keywords:

Spanish Parliament of Cadiz, Catalan MPs, despotism, Habsburg and Bourbon

Abstract

Making use of the historicist resource, the Catalan MPs who attended the Spanish Parliament of Cadiz claimed the political model of pacts of the old Crown of Aragon with the aim of finding an autochthonous background that could legitimize the liberal constituent process. The main reason for this was that they considered that from the enthronement of the foreign dynasties (Habsburg and Bourbon) a royal and ministerial despotism form of government had been imposed.

Enviado el (Submission Date): 03/10/2017

Aceptado el (Acceptance Date): 12/12/2017

Author Biography

Antoni Sánchez i Carcelén, Universidad de Lleida

Investigador asociado al Departamento de Historia de la Facultad de Letras de la Universidad de Lleida

Published

2018-08-09

Issue

Section

Spain in the XIXth and XXth Centuries