Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between memory and historiography, that is, between public discourse and the process of academic analysis. This relationship would be hard to unravel if we were not to examine carefully the ways in which the political system depends as much on ideas as on what people perceive as being just or opportune; a perception which to a large extent depends on the collective memory accumulated in each social group or class. Such is the thesis put forward in this article. The historiography of Spain harbours a memory which suffers from continuing disquiet on two counts: firstly, with regard to its very identity as a nation; secondly, concerning the conceptual dichotomy between disaster and normality, a recurring theme when attempting to explain the past, and something which affects our understanding of national identity. The conclusion drawn in this article is that the collective memory of Spain is currently at a crossroads where conflicting political legitimacies intersect.
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