Guerra de la Independencia Española

Synopsis of Guerra de la Independencia Española

Brief History of the Spanish War of Independence illustrates one of the greatest crises in the history of Spain. Carlos Canales analyzes how the conflict ruined the economy and destroyed a large part of the infrastructure inherited from the Enlightenment, but also how the Liberal Constitution of 1812 saw the light, considered the birth of modern Spain. In the years between 1808 and 1814, we not only witnessed a war involving everyone from the great generals to the civilian population, but we will also witness the siege of Cádiz, the creation of the first Spanish Constitution and the tremendous social fracture that remained in the country between the monarchical legitimists and the constitutionalists that will mark the entire 19th century.