constitutionalrevolutionary
A constitutional revolutionary is a person who participates in or advocates for a constitutional revolution—a political movement aimed at replacing autocratic rule with a constitutional order that limits the powers of the state, typically through the establishment of a written constitution, an elected legislature, and protected civil liberties. Constitutional revolutionaries are usually driven by ideas of rule of law, political accountability, and the protection of individual rights, and they often seek reforms within or through a constitutional framework rather than by outright radical overhaul.
Historical usage of the term spans several regions and periods, most prominently in 19th- and early 20th-century
The aims of constitutional revolutionaries commonly encompassed limiting monarchical or autocratic power, guaranteeing civil liberties, establishing
In modern historiography, the term is used descriptively to identify reform-minded actors within constitutional movements, rather