Les premiers échos du pronunciamiento de 1820 dans la presse parisienne

Described as a « pretorian revolt » by some or as a « national movement » by others, the pronunciamiento of the Cabezas de San Juan (January 1, 1820) is immediately analyzed very differently by the French political papers, according to them various political opinions. Soon, at a moment of extreme political tensions, these journalists place the Spanish events at the heart of the French debates. This article only deals with the three months of uncertainty about the outcome of the pronunciamiento and with the restricted sphere of the Parisian press. The author comes back onto the immediate perception of this transnational episode and on the fact that some French journalists use the events in Spain to influence French public opinion