“Do as the Spaniards do”: The 1821 Piedmont insurrection and the birth of constitutionalism (original) (raw)
2021, Historia y Política: Ideas, Procesos y Movimientos Sociales
Aunque no falta una historiografía local de referencia, los movimientos en Piamonte de 1821 todavía carecen de una lectura que otorgue el peso adecuado al aspecto histórico-constitucional. Cuando el revolucionario príncipe de Carignano Carlos Alberto, después de la abdicación de Víctor Emmanuel I, concedió la Constitución abrió una crisis en la historia secular de la dinastía y el reino de Cerdeña: las libertades y los derechos de representación rompieron por primera vez el pacto de fidelidad directa entre el rey y el pueblo característico del Estado absoluto. El nuevo sistema político no era autóctono y, entre los muchos modelos posibles, miraba al de España. Usando la extensa bibliografía disponible, este artículo se adentra en las influencias nacionales e internacionales de ese efímero episodio. Pero no solo eso: también hace hincapié en el origen social y geográfico de los protagonistas de la revolución (entre la nobleza y la burguesía, entre el centro y la periferia del Estado)...
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