LA RESTAURACIÓN DEL ABSOLUTISMO (1814-1820) EN LA HISTORIOGRAFÍA LIBERAL DECIMONÓNICA Y EN LOS EPISODIOS NACIONALES DE BENITO PÉREZ GALDÓS

Abstract

The article analyzes how the image of the 1814-1820 absolutist restoration in Spain is constructed in both 19th-century liberal historiography and Benito Pérez Galdós’s historical novels, Memoirs of a 1815 courtier and The second jacket. The two key elements that make up the image are the persona of Ferdinand VII and the political crisis leading to the regime’s demise in 1820. The conclusions summarize the similarities and differences between the historical texts and Galdós’s fictional texts

Keywords

• Restoration of absolutism (1808-1814)
• Ferdinand VII
• liberal historiography
• José Presas
• Estanislao de Cosca Vayo
• Modesto Lafuente
• Benito Pérez Galdós
• Episodios nacionales
• Memorias de un cortesano de 1815; La segunda casaca