given that the new order called into question region-specific law arrangements and customs kept for centuries.

While some historians count three wars, other authors and popular usage refer to the existence of two major engagements, the First (1833-1840) and the Second (1872-1876) Carlist Wars, treating the 1846-1849 events as a minor episode.

Background

In the decades prior to the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, the Spanish crown

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