The Counteraction of Conservatives and Liberals in the Ibero-American Historiography of XIX th Century

Abstract

This article concerns the major trends of the ideological counteraction of the Conservatives and the Liberals in the historiography and the public opinion of the Ibero-America in the XIXth century. The author draws attention to the political platforms of the Liberals and the Conservatives, their attitude to the church, individual rights of the people, and the cultural and historical concepts of the future development of Ibero-America.