SOCIABILIDAD CORTESANA Y MODELOS DE MONARQUÍA EN ESPAÑA (1833-1872)

Through the comparison of the reigns of Isabel II and Amadeo de Savoie, this work deals with the importance of courtly sociability to study three issues of interest. First, the social legitimization of the elites through their relationship with the monarchy. Second, the role of courtly sociability as a reflection of two ways of understanding the monarchy in nineteenth-century Spain. Finally, courtly sociability as a way to explore the role of the monarch in public space as a symbol of the nation.