Modesto Lafuente as an official model of the Spanish Historiography in the 19th century: a bibliographical revision

Abstract

In this article an overview opinion has been exposed with reference to the Historia General de España of Modesto Lafuente. In the first place it attempt to discuss and systematize the different arguments that, from the moment of its publication, this work gave rise among historians, the core of which being its historical character of Spanish nationalism of the XIX century and the different degrees of recognition to which it has been subjected; and in second place, an attempt has been made to highlight the institutional aspects —the officialyty— of the work in itself.