Second Spanish Republic in 1931 until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, Spanish society struggled to establish a stable, representative democracy for only the second time in its long political history. With the spread of industrialization, the rise of a new working class, and the emergence of a new era of political movements, ideals, and philosophical ideologies or “isms” throughout Europe and the United States—communism, socialism, marxism, anarchism, fascism, etc., Spanish society
of the novel, Barcelona, was essentially the center of the deadly Spanish Civil War, when the author Zafón was writing the story, Barcelona (along with the rest of Spain) was engaged in what was known as the “pact of silence” (Bethune 65). This “pact of silence” was fragile in every nature, with citizens and government members alike choosing to keep quiet and “not to stir the national demons.” Following several years of civil war, Spain was placed under the dictatorial rule of Francisco Franco, who
occuring during his lifetime such as major wars. During his lifetime World War I and the Spanish Civil War took place, Hemingway was closely involved in both wars. His experiences in the wars inspired the novels, A Farewell to Arms and For Whom The Bell Tolls. A Farewell to Arms takes place during World War I, a global war centered mainly in Europe that lasted from 1914 to 1918. European differences in foreign policies were the main causes of the war, however the assassination of Austria’s Archduke
The Spanish government and establishment were possibly the Franco regimes strongest tools in asserting the regime's authority over the Spanish people. A new government was established after the Spanish Civil War with a new main state party, new laws, and a new political system. Franco was so well-established at the end of the Spanish Civil War that no political opposition stood a chance, including the Falange. In order to create a stable system of political power in Spain, the Falange was fulfilled
profound influence on Spanish women and culture during the Spanish Civil war from 1936-1939. Introduction/Outline: This paper analyses the impact the Mujeres Libres movement had on Spanish women and culture during the Spanish Civil War between 1936-1939. The paper begins with an introduction to archaism, its primary thinkers, principles, and ideology. The paper also discusses the political, economic, and socio-economic conditions in Spain that inspired anarchism during the civil war. I will also discuss
Spain’s transition from an authoritarian monarchy to a democratic monarchy was a slow but a non-violent process. Highly regarded as a success story, the Spanish had both luck and timing on their side during their shift to a democracy. This essay will focus on the ending of a rigid monarchy period and the events that helped Spain achieve democracy. In order to understand Spain’s pathway to democracy, I must first explain the culture under monarchical control. Spain, unlike other countries, was under
After the ruling of the corrupt King Alfonso XIII and the horrible massacre the army faced when it was sent to Spanish Morocco, the progressive Popular Front government was elected. In 1936, with the promise of land reform, the conservative forces gathered to plan for resistance. The Spanish left wing, on the other hand, celebrated the elections so joyfully that made the conservative military officers, capitalists and churchman worried that a much broader reform would begin. Rumors of plotting for
institution of a totalitarian state. The Nationalist were way better organised and equiped that they won the war after they marched on madrid in March 1939. Tanks to this Hitler beame stronger since he had an other potential ally in the right wing , The General Franco. General Franco’s victory marked of a forty-year dictatorship in spain (1939-1975). For the spanish civil war , Hiter sought Franco’s support for his own military compaign , but spain couldn t provide either financial or human
in all major European Wars, Including the Italian wars, The eighty years war, The thirty year wars, and the Franco Spanish war.The Spanish Succession ended with the religion of spain, now under Bourbon rule, to the status of a second rate power with a reduced influence in European in afairs. The so called Bourbon reforms attempted the renewal of state institutions, with some success, But as the century ended, Instability set in with the French Revolution and the Peninsular War, so that spain never
Pablo Picasso Guerrinca's painting was painted in 1937 in a reaction to the Spanish Civil War bombing of the small Basque village in Spain. During the years of the Spanish Civil War, Hitler and Mussolini aided Spanish General Francisco Franco with artillery, airplanes, and tanks. Often soldiers would test firearm weapons on people of small towns in Spain. On April 27, 1937, the small Basque village has been bombed by German soldiers due to its population which was considered intimidating. The outcome