Abstract
In this article we propose an approach to counter-revolutionary thought during the period of the First Mexican Empire based on the writings of Juan José Fernández de Lara y Arellano, priest of Tepeyanco. His activity as a polemicist in 1822 shows the main issues that confronted liberals and reactionaries after independence. It reveals the expectations that conservatives placed in the new country and the frustrations they faced when their demands did not materialize. The priest had a pessimistic interpretation of reality and resorted to prophecies. We propose to approach the Mexican reaction as an integral and constitutive part of the Hispanic revolutionary process. On both sides of the Atlantic, the anti-liberals understood that times were changing and that, necessarily, it was necessary to combine old and new repertoires of action to be in the thick of things.
Keywords:
Counter-Revolution; Anti-Liberalism; servil; Liberal Revolution; Independence; First Mexican Empire