Extraordinary General Cortes

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Extraordinary General Cortes refers to the revolutionary Spanish parliamentary assembly convened in Cádiz (1810–1814) that drafted the liberal Constitution of 1812 during the Peninsular War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent assembly
parliamentary assembly
revolutionary legislature
aimedTo establish national sovereignty
limit royal absolutism
alsoKnownAs Cortes Generales
surface form: Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias

Cortes of Cádiz
appliesToTerritory Spanish Empire
Spanish overseas colonies
metropolitan Spain
characterizedBy promulgation of liberal reforms
representation of both peninsular and overseas territories
convenedBy Junta Suprema Central
surface form: Supreme Central Junta
convenedInCity Cadiz
surface form: Cádiz
country Spain
drafted Constitution of 1812
endTime 1814
followedBy Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814
surface form: Ordinary Cortes under the Constitution of 1812
governsDuring absence and captivity of King Ferdinand VII
hasJurisdiction Spanish nation
hasLegacy inspiration for later Iberian and Latin American constitutions
symbol of early Spanish liberalism
hasMainAchievement Constitution of 1812
hasMemberType deputies (diputados)
hasTypeOfGovernmentForm constitutional monarchy (projected)
historicalPeriod Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
surface form: Spanish War of Independence
languageOfWork Spanish
legalBasisFor Spanish constitutional regime of 1812
legalForm unicameral legislature
legislativeBodyFor Spanish monarchy
surface form: Spanish Monarchy
locatedIn Andalusia
Spain
meetsDuring French occupation of much of Spain
meetsInBuilding Oratorio de San Felipe Neri, Cádiz
partOf Spanish liberal revolution of the early 19th century
politicalIdeology constitutionalism
liberalism
precededBy traditional estate-based Cortes of the Ancien Régime
promulgated Decree of national sovereignty
abolition of feudal privileges (in part)
freedom of the press (1810 decree)
significantEvent Peninsular War
startTime 1810
timePeriod early 19th century

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Cortes of Cádiz alsoKnownAs Extraordinary General Cortes