Abstract

BONAUDO, Marta. Francisco de Magariños: an American torn between loyalty to the monarchy and the construction of a New Republic. Secuencia [online]. 2015, n.92, pp.60-82. ISSN 2395-8464.

This article seeks to analyze or interpret a historical event though the biography of one of its "secondary" actors, Francisco de Magariños, and calls for a transatlantic approach to gender. The authors' interest in configuring new forms of political legitimacy, in the context of the revolutionary processes experienced by both the European and American world, led them to approach this issue from a biographical point of view, as a means of recovering certain dimensions that could not be accessed using other "tools". This arguably enables them to explore in greater detail the events of the political cultures of these societies, to foster greater understanding of the knowledge, values, beliefs, feelings, predispositions, attitudes and practices individuals express in response to power and associated issues.

Keywords : transatlantic biographies; political cultures; American deputation; Liberal Triennial.