The revolt of the Aggrieved (1827): historiographical assessment and research perspectives

This article presents a historiographical assessment of the Revolt of the Aggrieved of 1827 in the context of the restored absolutism during the Ominous Decade (1823–1833) in Spain. Drawing on the main scholarly contributions on the subject, it reviews the interpretations of the uprising, paying particular attention to its geographical spread, the social composition of the participants, the role of royalist volunteers, and the political and religious discourses that shaped the mobilisation. Alongside this, the study examines the main historiographical approaches to the episode and relates them to broader questions concerning the integration of armed royalists into the new political order, tensions within the counter-revolutionary camp, and the functioning of Ferdinand VII’s absolutist regime. In this way, the revolt is analysed not only in its immediate context but also in connection with broader processes of political mobilisation and counter-revolutionary conflict. Finally, some of the main ongoing debates are highlighted and possible lines of research are proposed, including the study of insurgent leadership, the participation of the clergy, the institutional dynamics of the regime and the transnational dimension of the conflict. Taken together, the article proposes situating the revolt within the broader history of revolution and counter-revolution in nineteenth-century Spain.