El general Vicente Jenaro Quesada Arango o la animadversión a la Constitución de 1812

Authors

Javier Pérez Núñez Università Autonoma di Madrid

Keywords:

Spain, Madrid, Liberal revolution, Carlist War,, Militarism, Political history

Abstract

General Vicente Jenaro Quesada Arango and his rejection for the 1812 Constitution

A biographical sketch of Spanish general of Cuban origin Vicente Jenaro Quesada Arango, characterized by his opposition to the regime established as a result of the 1812 Constitution. An intransigent absolutist in the liberal triennium, he moderated his ideology at the beginning of Maria Christina’s regency, defending the Royal Statute and leading the liberal army in the first Carlist War. Despite this, he maintained his rejection against the early liberal model, preventing in his capacity as a captain-general the popular mobilizations of summer 1835 and especially 1836 from triumphing in Madrid. This eventually cost him his life.

Author Biography

Javier Pérez Núñez, Università Autonoma di Madrid

Javier Pérez Núñez insegna Storia contemporanea presso l’Università Autonoma di Madrid. Ha concentrato le sue ricerche sullo studio teorico e pratico del governo e dell’amministrazione territoriale (locale e provinciale) della Spagna del XIX secolo. Fra le sue più importanti pubblicazioni La Diputación Foral de Vizcaya. El régimen foral en la construcción del Estado liberal, 1808-1868 (Madrid, Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, 1996). È anche collaboratore del Diccionario Biográfico Español della Real Academia de la Historia.