El Trienio Liberal en la ribera del Ebro. La Rioja y Navarra (1820-1823) [The Trienio Liberal on the banks of the River Ebro. La Rioja and Navarre (1820-1823)]

Abstract

Society under the Trienio Liberal (Liberal Triennium) was polarised between liberalism and royalism, and from that same era, Navarre was presented as a royalist heartland and La Rioja as a liberal bastion. This interpretation was acritically continued and completed by subsequent historiography, drawing a political border between the two regions in the collective imagination which was maintained during the 19th century in the civil wars waged on the basis of the division. To explain the emergence of this regional identity myth and hold it up against historical facts, this paper analyses the support that the revolution and reaction had on the banks of the Ebro, and the collaboration of liberals and realists from both provinces.