Resumen de O mito do legislador numa academia luso-espanhola
During the first three years of the Portuguese liberal regime, from 1820 to 1823, the Constitution of Cádiz was the model for the Portuguese constitution. The political authorities in Madrid supported the Lisbon cabinets, and, at the same time, they sought the unification of the Iberian states. The collapse of the Portuguese liberal regime happened during the confrontation between France and Spain, which was simultaneous to the restoration of absolutist regimes in both countries. With the birth of Isabel of Spain and the death of Ferdinand VII, the Portuguese liberals joined forces with the Spanish regent, forcing King D. Miguel to resign, while the constitution of the anti-absolutist Quadruple Alliance, formed by the liberal monarchies of Portugal and Spain, England and the France of Louis Phillipe, was being discussed in the Iberian Peninsula.
