Corpus de Sang (7 June 1640)

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Corpus de Sang (7 June 1640) was a pivotal uprising in Barcelona marked by the assassination of the Spanish viceroy, which helped ignite the broader Catalan Revolt against the Spanish monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
riot ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Corpus de Sangre ⓘ
Corpus de Sangre de 1640 ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes formal alliance between Catalonia and France in 1641 ⓘ
proclamation of the Catalan Republic under French protection ⓘ
countryAtTheTime Monarchy of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
hasCause grievances over the billeting and behavior of royal troops in Catalonia ⓘ
opposition to the centralizing policies of Philip IV of Spain and his minister Olivares ⓘ
tensions between Catalan institutions and the Spanish monarchy ⓘ
hasContext Spanish military campaigns against France ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
fiscal and military pressures on Catalonia ⓘ
hasDate 1640-06-07 ⓘ
hasDay 7 ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance helped ignite a prolonged war between Catalonia and the Spanish monarchy ⓘ
symbol of Catalan resistance in early modern Spain ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Catalan ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasMonth June ⓘ
hasParticipant Catalan peasants ⓘ
royal officials of the Spanish monarchy ⓘ
urban populace of Barcelona ⓘ
hasTheme conflict between regional privileges and royal authority ⓘ
resistance to royal centralization ⓘ
hasVictim Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma ⓘ
hasVictimRole Viceroy of Catalonia ⓘ
hasYear 1640 ⓘ
isConsidered pivotal turning point in the Catalan Revolt ⓘ
namedAfter Feast of Corpus Christi ⓘ
partOf Catalan Revolt ⓘ
Reapers' War ⓘ
resultedIn assassination of the Spanish viceroy of Catalonia ⓘ
escalation of violence in Barcelona ⓘ
outbreak of the Catalan Revolt ⓘ
weakening of royal authority in Catalonia ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Barcelona ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
triggeredBy conflict between Catalan peasants and royal soldiers ⓘ

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Guerra dels Segadors → significantEvent → Corpus de Sang (7 June 1640) ⓘ