From patroness of the Monarchy to patroness of the nation. The Immaculate Conception between Portugal and Spain (1800-1854)

  • David Martínez Vilches Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Abstract

This article analyses the transition of the Immaculate Conception from dynastic devotion to national devotion in Spain and Portugal during the first half of the 19th century. This symbolic reformulation was a way of nation-building and politicisation through religion in both Iberian countries. The study of religious discourses leads us to consider that, in spite of the contradictions between liberals and catholics, neither of them renounced the centrality of the inherited religious component at the time of building the nation after the fall of the Ancien Régime.

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Published
2021-12-14
How to Cite
Martínez Vilches D. (2021). From patroness of the Monarchy to patroness of the nation. The Immaculate Conception between Portugal and Spain (1800-1854). Historia y Política, 46, 209-235. https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.46.08