Catalan constitutions

Constitutions

Constitutions of Catalonia
Constitucions de Catalunya

Compilation of 1702

Catalan Courts
Territorial extent| Principality of Catalonia
Enacted by| Catalan Courts
Enacted| 1283 (first), 1706 (last)
Effective| 1283
Introduced by| Count of Barcelona
Repealed by
Nueva Planta decrees (1716)
Related legislation
Usages of Barcelona
Catalan / Valencian cultural domain

History

* Andorra
* Balearic Islands
* Catalonia (timeline)
* Roussillon
* Sardinia
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* Crown of Aragon
* Principality of Catalonia
* Kingdom of Majorca
* Kingdom of Valencia
* Catalan Republic
* Catalan constitutions
* Furs of Valencia
* Treaty of the Pyrenees
* Nueva Planta

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* Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua (AVL)
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Geo-political divisions

* Andorra
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* Majorca
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* Catalonia
* El Carxe
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* L'Alguer
* Valencia
See Catalan Countries

Government and politics

* Andorra
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* Catalonia
* Pyrénées-Orientales
* Valencia
See Catalan and Valencian nationalism, Catalan independence, Catalanophobia

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Cuisine

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* Coca
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Art

* Catalan art
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The Catalan constitutions (Catalan: Constitucions catalanes, IPA: [kunstitusiˈons kətəˈlanəs]) were the laws of the Principality of Catalonia promulgated by the Count of Barcelona and approved by the Catalan Courts. Corts in Catalan has the same etymological origin as courts in English (the sovereign's councillors or retinue) but instead means the legislature.[1] The first constitutions were promulgated by the Corts of 1283. The last ones were promulgated by the Corts of 1705. They had pre-eminence over the other legal rules and could only be revoked by the Catalan Courts themselves. The compilations of the constitutions and other rights of Catalonia followed the Roman tradition of the Codex.

## History

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### Origin: The Catalan Courts of 1283

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The first Catalan constitutions were promulgated by the Catalan Courts held in Barcelona in 1283. The last ones were promulgated in 1706 by the Courts of 1705–1706 during the disputed reign of Charles III, the Habsburg pretender to the Spanish throne during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1713). The first compilation was prescribed by Ferdinand I of Aragon, and suggestion by the Courts held in Barcelona from 1413. It spread in edition of the 1495, together with the Usages of Barcelona:

* Usatges de Barcelona, Constitutions, Capitols, y Actes de Cort, y altras leys de Cathalunya ("Usages of Barcelona, constitutions, chapters and acts of court and other laws of Catalonia")

The compilations agreed in the Catalan Courts of 1585 and of 1702 were published in three volumes:

* Constitutions y altres drets de Cathalunya ("Constitutions and other rights of Catalonia")
* Pragmaticas y altres drets de Cathalunya ("Pragmatics and other rights of Catalonia")
* Constitutions y altres drets de Cathalunya superfluos, contraris y corregits ("Constitutions and other rights of Catalonia, superfluous, contrary, and corrected")

### De jure abolition: the Nueva Planta decrees

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Compilation of 1493

Shortly after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, the king Philip V of Spain from the House of Bourbon issued the set of decrees known as the Nueva Planta decrees (Spanish: Decretos de Nueva Planta, Catalan: Decrets de Nova Planta). This series of decrees abolished the separate laws of the territories that supported his Habsburg rival to the throne, the Archduke Charles of Austria; this included all realms of the Crown of Aragon. The Decretos attempted to make Spain into a centralized and absolutist monarchy on the model of France, applying the laws of Castile to all of Spain. These acts were promulgated in Valencia and Aragon in 1707, and were extended in 1716 to the Principality of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands (with the exception of Menorca, a British possession at the time).

Thus, the Catalan Constitutions were effectively abolished by the King's authority after his military victory, rather than through any legislative process within Catalonia itself. The change ignored the Catalan Constitution's own provisions for how they were to be amended or reformed.

### Restoration promise: The Third Carlist War

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During the Third Carlist War (1872–1876), the Carlist forces managed to occupy some cities in the Catalan interior. Isabel II was in exile and King Amadeo I had reigned since 1871, although he was not generally popular. The pretender Charles VII of Spain, grandson of Charles V of Spain (hence Carlist from Carlos, "Charles"), promised the Catalans, Valencians and Aragonese the return of their Charters or fueros (Catalan: furs) and the constitutions that Philip V had previously abolished.

The promise was never fulfilled, as the Carlist revolt did not succeed. Carlos María de los Dolores finally departed for France, 27 February 1876, the same day that Alfonso XII of Spain entered Pamplona.

## See also

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* Principality of Catalonia
* Parliament of Catalonia
* Nueva Planta Decrees
* Civil Code of Catalonia

## Notes

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1. ^ Compare the term Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of Massachusetts, United States of America.

## References

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* Constitucions de Catalunya del 1495 on Wikisource.
* Furs, capítols, provisions e actes de cort fets y atorgats per la S.C.R.M. del rey don Phelip nostre senyor, ara gloriosamente regnant. Monçó, 1626 ("Fueros, chapters, provisions and acts of court made and awarded by the S.C.R.M. of King Philip our lord, who reigns gloriously") on Wikisource.
* Constitutions y altres drets de Cathalunya, Barcelona, 1704 on Wikisource.
* Chapters of the Corts of Montsó digitalized, at the Spanish Office of Culture record image (fragment referent to the Consulate of the Sea.)

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* War of Succession (War of the Catalans)
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* Statute of Autonomy (1932)
* Events of 6 October
* Revolution
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* Statute of Autonomy (1979)
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* Declaration of independence (2017 referendum)

Geography|

* Climate
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Subdivisions|

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Politics|

* Elections
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* President
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Economy|

* Catalan peseta
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* Wine

Society|

* Crime
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* Education
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* Law
* People
* Prostitution
* Religion
* Traditions

Culture|

* Architecture
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* Language
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* Music
* Mythology
* Public holidays
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* Sport
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* Tió de Nadal

Symbols|

* Flag
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* National Day
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* Pi de les Tres Branques
* Catalan donkey

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History
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* Catalan counties
* County of Barcelona
* Peace and Truce
* Crown of Aragon
* Albigensian Crusade
* Battle of Muret
* Conquest of Majorca
* Conquest of Valencia
* Crusade against Catalonia
* War of the Sicilian Vespers
* Conquest of Sardinia
* Compromise of Caspe
* Catalan Civil War
* War of the Remences
* Sentencia de Guadalupe
* Catholic Monarchs
* Habsburg Spain
* Reapers' War
* Catalan Republic
* Battle of Montjuïc
* Treaty of the Pyrenees
* Revolt of the Barretines
* War of the Spanish Succession
* War of the Catalans
* Siege of Barcelona
* Nueva Planta

Royal Houses|

* Count of Barcelona
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* House of Trastámara
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* House of Anjou
* House of Habsburg
* House of Bourbon

Politics
and law|

* Catalan Courts
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* Legislation
* Usages of Barcelona
* Catalan constitutions
* Book of the Consulate of the Sea
* Royal Archives
* Viceroy
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* Portantveus de General Governador
* Batlle General
* Mestre Racional

Military|

* Princeps namque
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* Sometent
* Catalan Company
* Army of Catalonia
* Coronela
* Catalan navy
* Vice admiral
* Catalan galley

Demographics and economy|

* Catalan language (old)
* Occitan language
* Catalan people
* list
* Consulate of the Sea
* Taula de canvi
* Mas

Culture|

* Art
* Cuisine
* Religion

Architecture|

* Romanesque (Santa Maria de Ripoll)
* Catalan Gothic (Poblet Abbey, Santa Maria del Mar, Llotja de Mar)

Symbols|

* Senyera
* Royal arms
* St George Cross
* St George
* Saint George's Day
* Flag of Barcelona
* Saint Eulalia's flag

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