“…Namely, people of African descent in the Caribbean received concessions in exchange for their loyalty and in many cases identified with monarchical corporate social structures that recognized their collective interests (Landers, 2010;Ogle, 2009;Thornton, 1993). Likewise, the radical scholarship emerging from Spain, France, and Latin America in the field of the Iberian Revolutions challenges nationalist histories, while constitutionalism has come to the forefront of studies about monarchy and empire, breaking with their definition as antagonistic to revolution, liberalism, and modernity (Adelman, 2010;Bellingeri, 2000;Berruezo, 1986;Breña, 2006;Chust, 1999;Dym, 2005;Echeverri, 2011;2015;2016;Guerra, 2000;Lorente;Portillo, 2011;Morelli, 1997;Paquette, 2013;2015;Portillo, 2006;Rodríguez, 1999;2006). 2 This dossier provides further evidence of the transformation in the study of popular royalism in the last decade, through seven studies of cases covering Europe, the British Atlantic, Brazil, and Spanish America.…”