El clero en la corte de Isabel II : redes de poder y legitimación religiosa de la monarquía (1833-1868)
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2024
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Esta tesis doctoral aborda la presencia del clero en la corte de Isabel II (1833-1868), atendiendo a tres aspectos fundamentales. En primer lugar, la evolución organizativa de la Real Capilla en el contexto de racionalidad administrativa establecida por el Estado liberal. En segundo lugar, la presencia de las figuras religiosas en las redes de poder que operaban en palacio. Y, por último, las estrategias de legitimación religiosa de la monarquía mediante discursos y prácticas devocionales, en los que el clero palatino intervenía activamente. El análisis realizado contempla esos tres elementos a lo largo de las diversas coyunturas que atravesó el reinado de Isabel II.En lo que respecta a su perfil institucional, en un primer momento la Real Capilla fue intensamente depurada del personal carlista y reformada para limitar su gasto económico. Sin embargo, no pudieron materializarse las distintas reformas para adaptar la fi-gura del patriarca de Indias, que tenía a su cargo la Real Capilla, a la nueva realidad nacional. Ni tampoco el dominio progresista de palacio durante la regencia de Espartero duró lo suficiente como para imponer criterios de racionalidad y economía. En los prime-ros momentos de la Década Moderada la Real Capilla siguió siendo una sección palatina sobredimensionada. Además, el rey Francisco de Asís intentó controlarla para favorecer a los eclesiásticos de su círculo. No fue hasta 1849, cuando el Ministerio Relámpago hizo ver al rey consorte que había líneas rojas que no debía traspasar, cuando se inició una senda de racionalización que culminó con las disposiciones del Concordato de 1851 sobre el número de capellanes de honor...
This doctoral dissertation addresses the presence of the clergy at the court of Queen Isabel II (1833-1868), focusing on three fundamental aspects. Firstly, the evolution of the Royal Chapel in the context of the administrative rationality imposed by the liberal State. Secondly, the presence of religious figures in the networks of power operating in the palace. And finally, the strategies of religious legitimisation of the monarchy through devotional discourses and practices, in which the palatine clergy was actively involved. The research considers these three elements throughout the different periods of the reign of Isabel II.In terms of its institutional profile, the Royal Chapel was initially purged of Carlist personnel and reformed to limit its financial expenditure. However, liberals could not carry out the various reforms to adapt the figure of the Patriarch of the Indies, who was the chief of the Royal Chapel, to the new national reality. Nor did the progressive domi-nation of the palace during Espartero's regency last long enough to impose criteria of rationality and economy. In the first moments of the Moderate Decade, the Royal Chapel continued to be an oversized palace section. Moreover, Francisco de Asís, the husband of Isabel II, tried to control it in order to favour the ecclesiastics of his entourage. It was not until 1849, when the Ministerio Relámpago made the Prince Consort realise that there were limits he should not exceed, that a path of rationalisation began, culminating in the provisions of the Concordat of 1851 on the number of chaplains...
This doctoral dissertation addresses the presence of the clergy at the court of Queen Isabel II (1833-1868), focusing on three fundamental aspects. Firstly, the evolution of the Royal Chapel in the context of the administrative rationality imposed by the liberal State. Secondly, the presence of religious figures in the networks of power operating in the palace. And finally, the strategies of religious legitimisation of the monarchy through devotional discourses and practices, in which the palatine clergy was actively involved. The research considers these three elements throughout the different periods of the reign of Isabel II.In terms of its institutional profile, the Royal Chapel was initially purged of Carlist personnel and reformed to limit its financial expenditure. However, liberals could not carry out the various reforms to adapt the figure of the Patriarch of the Indies, who was the chief of the Royal Chapel, to the new national reality. Nor did the progressive domi-nation of the palace during Espartero's regency last long enough to impose criteria of rationality and economy. In the first moments of the Moderate Decade, the Royal Chapel continued to be an oversized palace section. Moreover, Francisco de Asís, the husband of Isabel II, tried to control it in order to favour the ecclesiastics of his entourage. It was not until 1849, when the Ministerio Relámpago made the Prince Consort realise that there were limits he should not exceed, that a path of rationalisation began, culminating in the provisions of the Concordat of 1851 on the number of chaplains...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, leída el 05-05-2023