Spain's First Carlist War was an unlikely agent of modernity. It pitted town against country, subalterns against elites, and Europe's Liberal powers against Absolute Monarchies. This book traces the individual, collective and international experience of this conflict, giving equal attention to battle fronts and home fronts.
Mark Lawrence is a teaching fellow at Newcastle University, UK. He is a historian of war, radicalism and society in Modern Spain and Mexico.
1. Introduction, History and Sources 2. The First Carlist War: Origins 3. The First Carlist War: Context 4. The Basque Phase, 1833-35 5. The War Radicalises the Cristino Zone, 1835-36 6. Deep War Feeds Revolution, 1836-37 7. Carlist Failure, 1837-39 8. Stalemate and Cristino victory, 1838-40 9. Conclusion