Los orígenes del poder militar en España 1800-1854

Synopsis of Los orígenes del poder militar en España 1800-1854

This book explores the origins of military power in Spain during the period from 1800 to 1854. It analyzes how the army, which had been an effective agent of government in the 18th century, came to assume control of the State in the first half of the 19th century. It examines how the military intervened in politics to protect their professional interests and how they became exponents of constitutional liberalism. In addition, it describes the development of a peculiar formula of repression, the pronouncement, to manifest to the State its aspirations in a more effective and popular way than parliamentary procedures.