Abstract
In this article and on porpuse of bicentennial of the Artigas's Instructions in 1813, the authors realize a historiographical review of the interpretations and revisions product of this document, considered fundamental in the context of the Eastern Revolution, but also as enduring inspiration of Uruguayan democracy in the "long term". This historiographical review allows us to illustrate lawsuit senses and political factors that affect the configuration of such foundational documents in the context of a national and nationalist history. Through this article the authors, contexts and periods when the major historical and historiographical reinterpretations of Artigas's document "Instructions of XIII" took place are reviewed.
Keywords
Artigas; Independence Revolution; historiography; Uruguay; Bicentennial