Abstract
During the last two years Latin American countries and Spain celebrated the bicentennial of the beginning of independence movements and the first modern constitutions, including the constitution of Cadiz (1812). This article evaluates the progress of our historiographical knowledge on this period during the last two decades. On the other hand, explores new possible paths to be followed in the forthcoming years in order to improve our knowledge of the experience of modernity in the Spanish Atlantic.
Keywords:
Early constitucionalism; Spanish Atlantic; liberalism; Independence