Abstract:This chapter focuses on the war of 1808–1814 and analyses its subsequent mythification as the 'War of Independence': that is to say, as a struggle governed by a spirit of national emancipation in the ...This chapter focuses on the war of 1808–1814 and analyses its subsequent mythification as the 'War of Independence': that is to say, as a struggle governed by a spirit of national emancipation in the face of an attempt at foreign domination. It also scrutinises the difficulties that lay ahead for the liberal élites which sought to deploy the Spanish identity which had been inherited, reinforced and reformulated during the Napoleonic Wars in the service of their mission to modernise 'Spain'.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-07-19
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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