Mendizabal’s Disentailment in Spain (1836)
Mendizabal’s Disentailment
Historical Context
This text is a historical, first-level document—specifically, a letter addressed to the Regent Queen Maria Cristina, outlining the rationale and anticipated benefits of the disentailment. Published in the Gaceta de Madrid, it was authored by Mendizabal, a liberal progressive minister, in 1836, during the two-year progressive period of Maria Cristina’s regency.
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