De la disputa cortesana a la crisis de la monarquía. Godoyistas y fernandinos en 1806-1807
ISSN: 1579-3826
Year of publication: 2007
Issue Title: Cambio social y ficción literaria en la España de Moratín
Issue: 6
Pages: 255-267
Type: Article
More publications in: Cuadernos de Historia Moderna. Anejos
Abstract
In 1806, together with the first night of Moratín´s play El sí de las niñas, the clashes in the Spanish court between king Charles IV and Godoy´s followers, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, a group of aristocrats and priests organised around the prince of Asturias, the future Ferdinand VII , became worse. At first sight, this dispute can be considered as just another court fight, a typical court intrigue so characteristic of the Old Regime, but after the �Escorial conspiracy� (October 1807) it reached another dimension, as most part of society was involved in it. What began restricted to an elite, was quickly being debated in conversations,...