La memoria de la Constitución de Cádiz en la España del siglo XIX

Abstract

The proclamation of the Cadiz Constitution of 1812 is a major milestone of Modern and Contemporary History of Spain. It introduces innovative and modern political principles, for the time even revolutionary. «The Pepa», name by which it was known, became the legal instrument for the construction of a liberal state and a reference in the process of Spanish modern nation building.The Constitution of Cadiz guided the liberal Spanish in exile and it was the flag of liberalism in 1820. Their mark is the Constitution Processes of 1837, 1856, 1869, and, in part, 1931. Despite its failure, after 1814, the memory of the Constitution of Cadiz became the symbol of freedom for the Spanish of all times.

Keywords

• Cadiz Constitution of 1812
• Spain
• liberalism