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Corpus mysticum and cuerpo de nación. Modernity and the End of a Catholic Empire

2018; Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory; Volume: 2018; Issue: 26 Linguagem: Inglês

10.12946/rg26/313-324

ISSN

2195-9617

Autores

José María Portillo,

Tópico(s)

Historical Studies in Latin America

Resumo

Traditionally, historiography on the dissolution of the Spanish Empire focused on the transition from monarchy to nations and from empire to independent states. I propose here to consider another aspect of this process that has to do with the transition from a Catholic imperial monarchy to Catholic nations and republics. This essay explores the relevance of the corpus mysticum in the public space, and how it to a great extent determined the understanding of the reach of the constituent power of the cuerpo de nación. Recommended citation: Portillo, José María, Corpus mysticum and cuerpo de nación. Modernity and the End of a Catholic Empire, in: Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History Rg 26 (2018) 313-324, online: http://dx.doi.org/10.12946/rg26/313-324

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