La Pepa visits the Pacific: the impact of Spanish liberalism in the viceroyalty of Peru, 1808–1814

Authors

  • John Fisher University of Liverpool

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiv.28.2015.15637

Keywords:

Constitution, Cortes, Cuzco, Ferdinand VII, Peru, Spain

Abstract

In 1808 the political structures of the Hispanic world began to collapse as the fourth and fifth of Spain’s Bourbon monarchs —Charles IV (1788–1808) and Ferdinand VII (1808–1833)— abdicated in quick succession before going into a genteel imprisonment in France which lasted until 1814, thereby leaving the way clear for Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother, Joseph, to be crowned king of Spain in Madrid in June 1808. Despite the acquiescence of elements of the Spanish aristocracy and the enthusiasm for the change of dynasty among the country’s progressive afrancesados, almost immediately spontaneous popular resistance to what was in effect a Napoleonic takeover of the Spanish State became widespread throughout the country. It was coordinated by, first, the Junta Central, established in September 1808, and from January 1810 by a Council of Regency, installed in the Isla de León. This essay analyses the events in Spain from early-1808 that led to this outcome, and reactions to them in the viceroyalty of Peru, with particular reference to the application there of the Constitution of Cádiz of 1812, prior to the receipt in late-1814 of the news that the restored Ferdinand VII had abolished the liberal code in May of that year.

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Fisher, J. (2015). La Pepa visits the Pacific: the impact of Spanish liberalism in the viceroyalty of Peru, 1808–1814. Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie IV, Historia Moderna, (28), 133–153. https://doi.org/10.5944/etfiv.28.2015.15637

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