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07 SPAIN: THE END OF ABSOLUTISM
1 From Carlos VI of Bourbon to Jose I Bonaparte
Carlos IV’s reign began in 1788, one year before the start of the French Revolution
Godoy and Napoleon signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau
When Napoleon came to power Godoy, returned to the policy of alliances with France
The Revolt of Aranjuez (1808), against his own father, demanding that he abdicated
José I did not have the support of the Spanish people
Manuel Godoy was a soldier in the Royal Guard (Guardia Real)
2 The peninsular war
The Juntas de defensa were formed in different kingdoms and provinces
The French army was very powerful, and had been invincible in Europe until then
The Spanish army’s first defeats led to the people forming guerrillas
After six years of extreme violence, pillaging and destruction, the French army withdrew from Spain.
3 From the Constitution to the return to Absolutism
first Parliament (Cortes Generales) and write a constitution
Two traditional elements were maintained in the Constitution of 1812
the liberal principles behind the end of the Old Regime were also confirmed.
he monarchy and the Catholic religion as the official and only permitted religion
CONSTITUTION OF 1812
Sovereignty was in the hands of the nation
Separation of powers
universal manhood suffrage
The Cortes de Cádiz also approved a series of laws to modernise Spain
Fernando VII returned to Spain in 1814
