Raising Heirs to the Throne in Nineteenth-Century Spain

This book analyses royal education in nineteenth-century, constitutional Spain. Its main subjects are Isabel II (1830- 1904), Alfonso XII (1857-1885) and Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) during their time as monarchs-in-waiting. Their upbringing was considered an opportunity to shape the future of Spain, reflected the political struggles that emerged during the construction of a liberal state, and allowed for the modernisation of the monarchy. The education of heirs to the throne was taken seriously by contemporaries and assumed wider political, social and cultural significance. This  volume is structured around three powerful groups which showed an active interest, influenced, and significantly shaped royal education: the court, the military, and the public. It throws new light on the position of the Spanish monarchy in the constitutional state, its ability to adapt to social, political, and cultural change, and its varied sources of legitimacy, power, and attraction. 

Raising Heirs to the Throne in Nineteenth-Century Spain features in the following genres: European history, Social and cultural history, History of education, History

Raising Heirs to the Throne in Nineteenth-Century Spain is available in Paperback

Raising Heirs to the Throne in Nineteenth-Century Spain was written by Richard Meyer Forsting and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Springer International Publishing

Raising Heirs to the Throne in Nineteenth-Century Spain has 261 pages

Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy series

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