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Entry: Pondering the Shape of Things to Come Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/pondering_the_shape_of_things_to_come#26091 Post contents: Charles, Indeed, I remember you from well-written postings of earlier days. And, yes, I did my doctoral work on a Carlist philosopher/political leader, Juan Vazquez de Mella (at the University of Navarra in Pamplona). The absolute authority on the Spanish dynastic crisis of the 19th century would be my dear friend Alexandra Wilhelmsen (University of Dallas), but I do have substantial source materials. You mention Don Francisco de Asis, the cousin of Isabella II who married her (with dispensation), and indeed there is quite a bit written on the topic, and whether the marriage was ever truly consumated. Various Carlist apologists and writers maintained that it never was. Still, the fait accompli was that Isabella II, of the "liberal side" of the Borbon dynasty was able to consolidate power during the First Carlist War (1833-1840) and hold on to it until 1868; an heir (Alfonso XII) was, however, produced.... However, since this thread is not really about that topic, perhaps we should take this subject off-thread? Sent at: 2008 07 24