El Robespierre Español

El Robespierre Español
Editor
  • Fernández Sardino
  • María del Carmen Silva
CategoriesPolitical magazine
FrequencyIrregular
FounderFernández Sardino
Founded1811
First issueMarch 1811
Final issueJuly 1812
CountrySpain
Based inIsla de León
LanguageSpanish

El Robespierre Español (Spanish: The Spanish Robespierre) was a political magazine with the subtitle, amigo de las leyes: o questiones atrevidas sobre la España.[1][2] Although it was published just for one year from 1811 to 1812, the magazine is significant being the first Spanish magazine which was edited by a woman, María del Carmen Silva.[3]

History and profile

The first issue of El Robespierre Español which was irregularly published appeared in March 1811.[4] Fernández Sardino, husband of Carmen Silva, was the founder of the magazine[5] and had been also the editor-in-chief, but he was arrested due to his alleged anti-patriotic activities during the War of Independence.[1][2] Then Carmen Silva assumed the post.[2] The magazine was based in Isla de León, today Cadiz.[4]

El Robespierre Español adopted an Aristotelian approach towards revolution and described it as a “declaration of public opinion through deeds.”[6] This definition was given in the magazine as a reason for the overthrow of the despotic governments in that such governments had been ruled without taking into consideration the public opinion.[6] The magazine folded in July 1812.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b María José Ruiz Acosta; Elena-María Benítez-Alonso (2020). "Concerning Patriots, Liberalas, Americanists and Protestants". Media History. 27 (4): 6. doi:10.1080/13688804.2020.1836954. S2CID 228943342.
  2. ^ a b c Christine Arkinstall (2018). "A Feminist Press Gains Ground in Spain, 1822–1866". In Silvia Bermúdez; Roberta Johnson (eds.). A New History of Iberian Feminisms. Toronto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press. p. 112. doi:10.3138/9781487510282-013. ISBN 978-1-4875-0014-6. S2CID 187535449.
  3. ^ Amelia Sanz-Cabrerizo; Lola Alvarez-Morales (2021). "Editorial Identities, Business Models, and Social Strategies: Spanish Women Editors in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries". Journal of European Periodical Studies. 6 (1): 88. doi:10.21825/jeps.v6i1.15592. S2CID 237762453.
  4. ^ a b c "El Robespierre español (1811-1812)". El Robespierre Español (in Spanish) – via Galiciana.
  5. ^ "Robespierre Español" (in Spanish). Subdirección General de Publicaciones y Patrimonio Cultural. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b Juan Francisco Fuentes; Javier Fernndez Sebastia (2000). "The Concept of Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Spain". The European Legacy. 5 (3): 354. doi:10.1080/713665496. S2CID 144946494.