De "Rey soldado" a "pacificador": representaciones simbólicas de Alfonso XII de Borbón

Alfonso XII of Borbon (1857-1885) has been remembered by the appellative of �the Peacemaker� by his facet of �military King�. An important part of the King�s characterization was due to the propaganda strategy promoted by Antonio Canovas del Castillo and by the Alfonsin Circles, in addition to a rel...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernández Sirvent, Rafael
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Oviedo: Area de Derecho Constitucional 2010
Subjects:
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=3291785
Source:Historia constitucional: Revista Electrónica de Historia Constitucional, ISSN 1576-4729, Nº. 11, 2010, pags. 47-75
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags: Be the first to tag this record
Summary: Alfonso XII of Borbon (1857-1885) has been remembered by the appellative of �the Peacemaker� by his facet of �military King�. An important part of the King�s characterization was due to the propaganda strategy promoted by Antonio Canovas del Castillo and by the Alfonsin Circles, in addition to a relevant event which brought positive consequences for the Alfonsina Monarchy: the end of the Carlist War (Spanish Civil War, 1872-1876). This essay tries to state which the circumstances were that originated the image of Alfonso XII as �King Soldier�, as well as presenting several elements of the propaganda mechanism which contributed to stand out this legitimate characterization to the point of achieving to set it into the popular imagery. To that effect this would be contrast with several types of primary sources such as: historical documentation, press, poetic and iconographic representations, essentially.