Navarra en 1813. Nuevos escenarios bélicos y políticos [Navarre in 1813. New political and war scenarios]

Abstract

In Navarre the year 1813 is unique, both militarily and politically. Militarily, because northern Navarre is one of the most important military scenes at the end of the war. In this year the occupation of Navarre by Napoleon’s army was at an end when Pamplona surrendered in October the 31st. In the political and institutional process, new changes are seen in this fighting society. In 1813, the Napoleon-like political power represented by a Military Government gave way to another government based on the new liberal ideas of the Cadiz constitution. The Regency of Spain contacted the navarrese Diputación (local government) and bade her to establish a liberal regime under the 1812 constitution in Navarre. For the second time the Kingdom...