The Cádiz “spring”: Freedom of expression and public opinion in Peru (1810-1815)

Authors

  • Teodoro Hampe Martínez Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i13.336

Keywords:

freedom of the press, Cortes regulation, Peruvian newspapers, viceregal censorship, Abascal

Abstract

This article studies the impact of political freedom of the press, which was decreed by the general and extraordinary Cortes (parliament) in November 1810 and was released in the Gaceta de Gobierno de Lima five months later. Along with the history of the pasquines (wall posters) and the enlightened press of the late eighteenth century, it examines the contours of the issuance of that decree in the Cortes. From this event onwards, new versions, even opposed to the official ones, were able to be read and discussed in public, although they were eventually censored. Freedom of the press not only promoted the proliferation of new journals, but also of many pamphlets, manifestos and leaflets dedicated to the defense of freedom and the Constitution. During the period known as the Cádiz “spring” a total of fourteen newspapers, of unequal importance, appeared in Peru―among which El Peruano, given its relative duration and doctrinaire and political approaches, was undoubtedly the most qualified.

 

Fecha de envío / Submission Date: 30/04/2012

Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance Date: 12/05/2012

Author Biography

Teodoro Hampe Martínez, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Doctor en Historia por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1986). Profesor ordinario en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, ha desempeñado también la docencia en varias otras universidades del país y del extranjero. Miembro nacional principal del Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, desde el año 2006. Miembro del Instituto Internacional de Historia del Derecho Indiano y del Instituto Latinoamericano de Historia del Derecho. Miembro correspondiente de la Academia Argentina de la Historia, la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana y la Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía. Autor y compilador de una docena de libros y más de un centenar de artículos, publicados en revistas especializadas de América y Europa.

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Issue

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

Section

The Courts of Cadiz, the Spanish Constitution of 1812 and its influence in Latin America

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