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Vital Martins Moreira, José Domingues
Two hundred years ago, the counterrevolution of Vila-Francada triumphed, putting an end to the first modern constitutional experience in Portugal. Immediately afterwards, king D. João VI decided to repeal the 1822 Constitution and to invalidate the reforms adopted under it, in order to erase the memory of the previous constitutional regime. At the same time, starting with a spontaneous initiative of the city council of Sernancelhe, a local movement was launched towards the annulment of the elections to the Cortes under Vintismoand the repeal the powers granted to the elected representatives. This article deals with both initiatives, the royal and the local one, considering above all that the municipal initiative against the Vintismo elections has been practically ignored and is very little known by the current historiography.
