I'm a college student who is taking Spanish as my required second language to graduate. As I've learned more about the language I've also become more interested in the history of Spain, especially from the golden age onward, so something my Spanish teacher said in class a week ago confused me.

She basically said that when Napoleon invaded Spain he was welcomed by the local populace as a liberator and champion of modernization, saving the people from a medieval and backwards culture being oppressed by the inquisition.

I don't think this is true but I don't know enough about Spanish history to dispute it. Can r/askhistorians help me out?