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the idea of ‘naturality’ in the hispanic monarchy Among the concepts which have served throughout history to define the political identity of Spaniards, there are several of particular importance: ‘naturality’, nation, and patria. The concepts of nation and patria have a broad literature and a long history: they were originally applied to individuals belonging to a group defined by lineage, language, religion, or the territory where they lived. This semantic slide happened throughout the modern period, and especially in the eighteenth century, and became consolidated from 1789 onward. Little attention has been paid, though, to the terms ‘natural’ and ‘naturality’ (naturalidad) or nature, in spite of their importance. Moreover, in those cases,