[Mexico]: [Spanish Constitution of 1812]: Callejo, Félix María:

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[GROUP OF TWENTY-ONE SPANISH DECREES PROMULGATED IN MEXICO CITY IN 1813, MOSTLY RELATED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPAIN'S FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT BUT ALSO INCLUDING DECREES RELATED TO WAR WITH ... A substantial and significant collection of twenty-one rare Mexican printings of Spanish decrees issued by the short-lived but deeply influential constitutional government established in 1812. Each of these decrees was promulgated in Mexico by the Viceroy of New Spain, Félix María Calleja del Rey y de la Gándara, primer conde de Calderón, in 1813. Drafted and ratified in the absence of any monarch (Joseph Bonaparte had been rejected by the Spanish and the ousted Ferdinand VII had yet to return), the constitution of 1812 followed a period of great political upheaval and married the liberal ideals of the French Revolution with an abiding fear of its outcome, resulting in Spain's first ever constitutional monarchy. While the constitution left some power in the hands of the King, his absence at the time of its implementation meant that Spain was effectively ruled by a constituent congress and regency council, which notably included for the first time representatives from all of Spain's overseas dominions as well as the provinces on the Iberian Peninsula.The considerable majority of the proclamations in this group deal with the repercussions of this dramatically new form of government, including clarifying details of the constitution, publicly printing some of its laws and regulati

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