Ler História 57 / 2009
Dossier: Politics and Revolution, 1945-1975
Riccardo Marchi
Radical Nationalism on Salazar’ New State (1945-1974)Raquel Varela
The impact of the Portuguese revolution of 1974-1975 in the PSOE seen through El Socialista
Studies
Santiago Martínez Hernandéz
The Marquises of Castelo Rodrigo and the portuguese nobility in the Spanish Monarchy (1580-1651)Nilton Mullet Pereira
Love and interiority in the Medieval West: the cansos of Guilherme IXMateus H. F. Pereira
The history between the enemies of the event and the lawyers of the structureJaime E. Rodríguez O.
The Hispanic Revolution: Spain and America, 1808-1826
Documents in Study
Luísa Tiago de Oliveira e Isabel Gorjão Santos
A ocupação da PIDE/DGS em 1974)
Debate
Fernando E. Mendonça Fava
The books of regicide
Abstracts
Ler História 57 / 2009
Marquises of Castelo Rodrigo, Spanish Monarchy, Government of the Portugal of Habsburg, XVIth-XVIIth centuriesThe aim of this article is to scketch the political career of the Marquises of Castelo Rodrigo at the service of the Spanish Habsburg, specially in the government of Portugal. The House of Castelo Rodrigo emerged with the genesis of the Philip´s Portugal and became the leader of the new Philippine nobility. It was created by D. Cristóvão de Moura, the main favourite of King Philip II and the councillor who had represented the Spanish interests as his main ambassador during the process of the incorporationg of Portugal to the Spanish Monarchy in 1580. Throughout two generations, the Castelo Rodrigo defended, not without of difficulties, the title of the Catholic King´s alter ego in the Habsburg´s Portugal. Key Words: Marquises of Castelo Rodrigo, Spanish Monarchy, Government of the Portugal of Habsburg, XVIth-XVIIth centuries
Love and interiority in the Medieval West: the cansos of Guilherme IXResearch about the emergence of the inner-self in the Middle’ Ages, through the study of the songs written by the first troubadour, William, Duke of Aquitaine. The work proposes to raise questions about the relevancy of the concept of self applied to the medieval period and analyze the loving lyricism of the provincial troubadours, as one of the forms of inner-self manifestations that appear, in the 12th century, in the Western Europe.
The history between the enemies of the event and the lawyers of the structure
In this text we want to reflect on the relationship between event and structure during the XXth century, emphasizing the in French historiography. Considering that, since 1970s, the event is a newly legitimated as a historical object; we try to overcome the dichotomy between event and structure, for example, in the work of Fernand Braudel, based on the innovative thought of Paul Ricouer and Reinhart Koselleck. We propose a concept of event that could be useful for future historic analysis, in line with Michel de Certeau and Marschal Salhins reflections.
The Hispanic Revolution: Spain and America, 1808-1826The independence of Spanish America did not constitute an anticolonial movement, but formed part of the political revolution within the Spanish world and the dissolution of the Spanish Monarchy. In the wake of the French invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 1808, some subjects of the Spanish Monarchy sought to transform the it into a modern nation state that included both Europe and America by introducing one of the most radical constitutions of the nineteenth century. However, civil war erupted in America between those who supported the new constitutional system and those who insisted not only on home rule, but also on independence. Ultimately, the struggle resulted in the dissolution of the Spanish Monarchy and the creation of new nations.
Radical Nationalism on Salazar’ New State (1945-1974)This article aims to present the historical dynamic of the intellectual elites and the political groups which – since the end of the World War II to the overthrow of the Salazar New State – reclaim the legacy of the Portuguese radical nationalism (Lusitanian Integralism, Royalist Action, National-Syndicalism), reinterpreted throughout the fascist and national-socialist revolutions. This dynamic follows the New State’s crises in theirs historical succession, during its last Thirties years. The article highlights the condition of isolation and marginalization of this radical subculture, tempted by neo-fascism, with respect to the broader political family of the salazarist rights, not necessary culturally fascists.
The impact of the Portuguese revolution of 1974-1975 in the PSOE seen through El SocialistaThe Portuguese revolution of the years 1974-1975 had an impact in neighbouring Spain at the political and institutional levels, on the Trades Unions, the Catholic Church and the Armed Forces. In this article we intend to study these influences in the PSOE, Partido Socialista Obrero Español, through the analysis of El Socialista, the official newspaper of the PSOE. PSOE will play an essential role in the talks leading to the Moncloa Pacts, the making and passing of a new Constitutional Act and the consolidation of Spain as a Western style democracy. We’ll analyse, through the El Socialista, how part of the illegalized Spanish left understood and reacted to the events taking place in Portugal between the coup that overthrew the Salazar and Caetano regime on 25 April 1974 and the end of the revolutionary crisis on 25 November 1975.