Alfonso the Xth in Cadix. Constitutional vision of a monarch from the Middle Ages (II)

  • Faustino Martínez Martínez Profesor Titular de Historia del Derecho Departamento de Historia del Derecho Instituto de Metodología e Historia de la Ciencia Jurídica Facultad de Derecho. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Keywords: Alfonso X of Castile, Fundamental Laws, Constitution, Cadiz Cortes, 1812, Medievalism, Historicism.

Abstract

This second part discusses the role of Alfonso X and his legislative work as a political model as well as a legal model in the 18th century and in the early 19th century, whithin the Cadiz Cortes and the Constitution which was approved there. This legendary figure is used by historians and jurists as a background argument to support political positions of every orientation, as well to justify legal decisions

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Published
2013-10-09
How to Cite
Martínez Martínez F. (2013). Alfonso the Xth in Cadix. Constitutional vision of a monarch from the Middle Ages (II). Cuadernos de Historia del Derecho, 19, 99-203. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUHD.2012.v19.43143
Section
Estudios