Being – and Staying – Famous in 19th-Century Spain: Baldomero Espartero and the Birth of Political Celebrity
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https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.34.08Keywords:
Espartero, hero, popular culture, fame, celebrityAbstract
This article argues that Baldomero Espartero remained widely famous and popular for decades after the end of his active political career and his political failures. While the initial Espartero cult was created from above following his heroic victory at Lu-chana and consolidated after the Embrace of Vergara, the maintenance of the cult through the 1860s was largely driven from below. The article uses a range of sources: oral and family traditions, cheap books and images and, above all letters written to Espartero, to explore what was the first case of modern political celebrity in Spain.Downloads
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