TY - JOUR T1 - De "Rey soldado" a "pacificador": representaciones simbólicas de Alfonso XII de Borbón A1 - Fernández Sirvent, Rafael PB - Universidad de Oviedo: Area de Derecho Constitucional YR - 2010 UL - http://biblioteca.ararteko.eus/Record/dialnet-ar-18-ART0000367822 AB - 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. KW - Alfonso XII de Borbón KW - �el Pacificador� KW - rey soldado KW - monarquía española KW - representaciones simbólicas KW - legitimidad KW - Alfonso XII of Borbón KW - �the Peacemaker� KW - King Soldier KW - Spanish Monarchy KW - symbolic representations KW - legitimacy ER -