Key forces of conservatism SPAIN

THE ARISTOCRACY, LANDOWNERS AND INDUSTRIALISTS

all opponents to SR

socially & economically detached from the ordinary citizens of Spain

>had dominance over land ownership was significant

by the new socialist gov they faced land seziure, taxation and nationalistion of property.

Rural poverty = hardship for farm labourers (income below level of subsistence. >impacted wealthier farmers who owned land > tentants couldnt pay rent etc > profit for landowner

SR faced cristicism from attacking the privilleged by nationalising land, private esates and private property.

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

RCC wealthy + powerful, always aligned with monarch & Rivera's dictatorship >very conservative

alarmed by socialist…