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Davis, John. "The Spanish Constitution of 1812 and the Mediterranean Revolutions (1820–25)." Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies 37.2 (2012): 7. Eastman, Scott, and Natalia Sobrevilla Perea, eds. The rise of constitutional government in the Iberian Atlantic world: the impact of the Cádiz Constitution of 1812. University of ...
A revolutionary document, the Spanish Constitution of 1812 marked the initiation of the Spanish tradition of liberalism, and when Fernando VII was restored to the throne in 1814, he refused to recognize it. He dismissed the Cortes Generales on 4 May and ruled as an absolute monarch. These events foreshadowed the long conflict between liberals ...
Under the short-lived Spanish Constitution of 1812, the Philippines had direct representation in the Cortes of Cádiz. In a process beginning in the late 18th century that would continue for the remainder of Spanish rule, the government tried to shift power from the friars of independent religious orders towards the "secular clergy" of Catholic ...
Not recognized by the Spanish patriots during the war. Most of its contents were to be enacted through the 1810s, so it did not actually come into effect. However, it provided for representation from Spanish America and the Philippines. Constitution of 1812: 1812–1814 1820–1823 1836–1837 Constitutional monarchy elected parliament.
Constitution of Cadiz. Add languages. Add links. Article; Talk; ... Spanish Constitution of 1812; ... This page was last edited on 2 March 2008, ...
The promulgation of the Constitution of 1812, oil painting by Salvador Viniegra. In March 1812, the Cortes of Cádiz created the first modern Spanish constitution, the Constitution of 1812 (informally named La Pepa). This constitution provided for a separation of the powers of the executive and the legislative branches of government.
He was a member of the Cortes of Cádiz and was selected for the Constitutional commission, playing thus a key role in the drafting of the Constitution of 1812. Siding with the liberal faction of the Parliament, he promoted freedom of the press , free-market and physiocracy , the abolishment of torture , the prosecution of slave trade and the ...
1812 March 19 The Spanish Cortes promulgates the Cadiz Constitution: September 24 The first Philippine delegates to the Spanish Cortes, Pedro Perez de Tagle and Jose Manuel Coretto take their oath of office in Madrid, Spain. 1813 March 17 The Cadiz Constitution implemented in Manila. September 4