The Monarchist Movement and the Declaration of 1911

Author:

D. Miguel de Almeida (Lavradio)

Report:

17

Page:

94

Year:

1990

Subject Matter:

Diplomatic and General History

Excerpt:

This essay is concerned with the events leading up to, and including the Monarchist movement, and the subsequent Declaration issued by the King,  D. Manuel II, and it is aiming to give an explanation to the eventual cessation of the movement itself.

Obviously, the main question is: why did the Monarchists give up, in their bid to replace the King on the throne? This is the question that the essay attempts to answer; in which it can be seen that if the Declaration was not the only factor leading to the downfall of the movement, it was by far the one that most helped it to collapse. 

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