Plentzia, lege zaharraren krisialdia: lehen gerra karlista, borroka zibilaren adierazle (1833-1839)

Agirreazkuenaga Zigorraga, Joseba

Publication year:

2011

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

84-8419-229-9

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Summary

Plentzia is a town on the coast of Bizkaia (Basque Country). This article deals with the war started there in 1833 by the Carlists. It looks at the general atmosphere, covers the situation in Europe and in the Kingdom of Spain in depth, and follows this up with local history. It analyses the early days of the conflict and shows how an uprising turned into a civil war. The people of Plentzia endured a state of siege by the Carlists and that experience led to terrible consequences in the civil war atmosphere.