UNIT 4: TRANFORMATIONS IN NINETEETH CENTURY SPAIN
Spain starts the 19th century with a war. Our country was occupied by Napoleon from 1808 to 1814 and that took us to the War of independence (also known as the Peninsular War in English). The territories that were free from French occupation organized themselves into Juntas Provinciales (coordinated by a Junta Suprema Central) and the liberals tried to put an end to the ideology of the Ancien Régime and to bring a new constitution ("La Pepa").
After the war an era of reaction against the liberal ideas personified by the rule of Fernando VII. Fernando´s rule included the loss of the Spanish Colonies in America in the 1820s (except Cuba and Puerto Rico). After Fernando´s death a series of civil wars then broke out in Spain culminating in the Carlist Wars between the moderate Queen Isabel II and her uncle, the reactionary infante Carlos. Disaffection with Isabella's government from many quarters led to repeated military intervention ("Pronunciamientos") in political affairs and to several revolutionary attempts against the government. The Gloriosa revolution marks the end of Isabel II reign in 1868. This revolution was followed by the short rule of a foreign king, Amadeo de Saboya, and then by the establishment of the First Spanish Republic that ended in 1974 with the restauration of the Borbon monarchy in the person of Alfonso XII which rule finally brought Spain into a period of stability.
This is in a few words the general overview of the 19th century in Spain that we are going to study this term...
After the war an era of reaction against the liberal ideas personified by the rule of Fernando VII. Fernando´s rule included the loss of the Spanish Colonies in America in the 1820s (except Cuba and Puerto Rico). After Fernando´s death a series of civil wars then broke out in Spain culminating in the Carlist Wars between the moderate Queen Isabel II and her uncle, the reactionary infante Carlos. Disaffection with Isabella's government from many quarters led to repeated military intervention ("Pronunciamientos") in political affairs and to several revolutionary attempts against the government. The Gloriosa revolution marks the end of Isabel II reign in 1868. This revolution was followed by the short rule of a foreign king, Amadeo de Saboya, and then by the establishment of the First Spanish Republic that ended in 1974 with the restauration of the Borbon monarchy in the person of Alfonso XII which rule finally brought Spain into a period of stability.
This is in a few words the general overview of the 19th century in Spain that we are going to study this term...
THE CRISIS OF THE OLD REGIME (1778-1833)
THE FIRST STAGE OF THE LIBERAL REVOLUTION (1808-14)
A 28´minutes long video about the first part of the Liberal Revolution (1808-1814). It is organized following these three periods
- War of Independence
- The Cortes of Cadiz
- The Constitution of 1812
SPANISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1808-1814)
A series of 2 videos in Spanish about the Spanish war of Independence
ABSOLUTISM AND LIBERALISM (1814-1833)
In this video, also in Spanish, of 32 minutes we can learn the following stages:
- The Restauration or the Absolutist Period (1814-20)
- The Liberal Triennium (1820-23)
- The Ominous Decade (1823-33)
THE REIGN OF ISABEL II: THE ISABELINE PERIOD (1833-68)
This is a video, in Spanish, of 1 hour in which the reign of Isabel II is told.
(THE FIRST CARLIST WAR (1833-39))
At last! a video in English!!!
A ten minutes long video about this specific period of the Isabel II reign
THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
This video in Spanish includes the 3 main parts of this period:
- The Provisional Government and the Constitution of 1869
- The Democratic Monarchy (1871-73)
- The First Republic (1873-74)
ECONOMY OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN SPAIN
DESAMORTIZACIONES
THE LABOUR MOVEMENT
GOYA
This is the first of a series of 4 parts about Goya´s work during the War of Independence, the first uprisings and the political and social situation in Spain at that time. It is called "The private life of a masterpiece Goya´s third of May 1808"
BLACK PAINTINGS AND DISASTERS
