Raising Heirs to the Throne in Nineteenth-Century Spain The Education of the Constitutional Monarch /

• Main Author: Forsting, Richard Meyer (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy
• Subjects: Europe-History-1492-.; Civilization-History.; History, Modern.; Education-History.; History of Modern Europe.; Cultural History.; Modern History.; History of Education.

This book analyses royal education in nineteenth-century, constitutional Spain. Its main subjects are Isabel II (1830- 1904), Alfonso XII (1857-1885) and Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) during their time as monarchs-in-waiting. Their upbringing was considered an opportunity to shape the future of Spain, re...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Teachers and Courtiers
• 3. Officers and Educators
• 4. The Public Sphere and Royal Education
• 5. Conclusion
• Appendix
• Index.