The Bourbons promoted the ideas of the Enlightenment (see the Bourbon reforms), so not even true for the monarchy. Heck, for all the talk about the Spanish Inquisition and the unique fanaticism of Spanish Catholicism in general, the modern models of monarchical absolutism and dictatorship first developed in France and England. Revolution could have broke out in Spain, as you can see by the Comunero revolt over two centuries prior or the Tzeltal Mayan revolt of 1712 that was outright anti-monarchical and anti-colonial. Also, the Cadiz Courts that ended in the Latin American revolutions are only about two decades older than the breakout of the French Revolution. Spain was hardly more conservative than France and just as capable of revolution.On first glance, the sheer amount of conservativeness in Spain doesn't make this seem likely though i am interested to see the answers .
No, i don't think Is possible, Spain in The era of The french revolution have three conditions that make The revolution improbable (not imposible mind You)
1.- Smaller population than France,(11 million vs 28 million) that make The pressure over The land and food less intense.
2.- A enormous Colonial Empire where to dump The more problemátic subjects, and one that works as a release pressure valve, as they more ambitious men(and women) could go to make themselves rich.
3.- A less Educated general population, and the educated population Is more controles by The state
France was incapable of doing it as well, as the revolution only lasted for a decade and ended disastrously with Napoleon's coup.I’m not sure that Spain has the financial and military resources to defend the revolution if other countries decided to intervene.
No, i don't think Is possible, Spain in The era of The french revolution have three conditions that make The revolution improbable (not imposible mind You)
1.- Smaller population than France,(11 million vs 28 million) that make The pressure over The land and food less intense.
2.- A enormous Colonial Empire where to dump The more problemátic subjects, and one that works as a release pressure valve, as they more ambitious men(and women) could go to make themselves rich.
3.- A less Educated general population, and the educated population Is more controles by The state
France was incapable of doing it as well, as the revolution only lasted for a decade and ended disastrously with Napoleon's coup.
It did so momentarily, since the constant war with its enemies, mainly Britain, is what weakened it enough to get taken over by Napoleon. Maybe it's true Spain's revolution would have lasted less than a decade, but my point is that the French revolution was temporary too and not successful since a form of monarchy and nobility was able to re-establish itself which lasted for nearly a century more until the Franco-Prussian war.Another factor would be the influence of the American Revolution and the new US constitution on public opinion. France had just fought to help this new nation win its freedom, which naturally led people to question why French society could not also be more democratic. The US constitution also provided a potential model for reform ; the Third Estate insisted on a constitution for France as well.
Spain would not have gone as far to help the Americans as France did, for the simple reason that it did not want to encourage revolt in its own colonies.
France was capable of keeping the revolution going - it defeated its enemies. It was simply ended by Napoléon's ambition.
Spain did not have the same Enlightenment involvement that occurred in French literary and salon circles. People like Voltaire, Rousseau and de Montesque laid the intellectual framework that caused people to question the established order. You would have to somehow plug Spain into being an Enlightenment centre with a POD around 1700.