El poder civil en España: memoria premiada por la Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Politicas en el concurso ordinario de 1883

Manuel Danvila y Collado authored this academic treatise, which was submitted to and subsequently awarded a prize by the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas during their 1883 ordinary competition. The work serves as a formal historical inquiry into the evolution and function of civil authority within the Spanish state, reflecting the nineteenth-century preoccupation with codifying legal and political history through rigorous institutional oversight.

The publication acts as a testament to the scholarly standards of the Spanish intellectual elite during the Restoration period. By commissioning and awarding such works, the Royal Academy sought to synthesize diverse historical archives into a cohesive narrative of Spanish administrative and judicial development, ensuring that contemporary governance was informed by a systematic study of its precedents.