RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 El Consejo Nacional del Movimiento: la "cámara de las ideas" del franquismo A1 Giménez Martínez, Miguel Angel A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid K1 Historia moderna y contemporánea AB One of the elements that, within the institutional system of the Francoist Spain, has received less attention by historians and political scientists is the National Council of the Movement. This fact relates with the ambiguous and vague legal configuration this “House of ideas" received as organ of joint representation of the dictatorship’s single party. Despite repeated attempts to expand its powers, it never managed to operate effectively and independently as a parliamentary Assembly: trapped in the authoritarian logic of the regime, it could not escape from the control exercised by other institutions, mainly the Government and the Head of State. Combining the exegesis of legal texts, the analysis of archive documents and the contrast with doctrinal contributions, this article shows the contradictions of the theoretical image of the National Council, making clear its origins and evolution, its nature, composition and organization, its functions and purposes, and the political rule it carried out within the organic structure outlined in the legislation of the time. SN 2530-6472 YR 2015 FD 2015 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/21972 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/21972 LA spa NO Investigaciones históricas: Época moderna y contemporánea, 2015, N.35, pags.271-297 DS UVaDOC RD 19-abr-2024