Simboli, archetipi e rappresentazione dell’istituto legislativo nella panflettistica politica spagnola dell’Ottocento

Abstract

Symbols, archetypes and representation of the legislative institution in the Spanish political pamphlets of the XIX century

The question on what political institutions were best suited to nineteenth-century Spain, and in particular, on the role Cortes should have, was the issue of many political pamphlets, especially those of the first half of the nineteenth century. This source became the privileged arena for the official and unofficial political debate. Positive and negative stereotypes inherited from the past were added to new clichés, often as ambiguous, offering elements of great interest to understand the genesis of a new political and institutional culture of the Nation.

Received: 03-10-2009