Corpus de Sang (1640)

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Corpus de Sang (1640) was a pivotal uprising in Barcelona during which Catalan rebels killed the Spanish viceroy, helping to ignite the broader Reapers' War against the Spanish monarchy.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Corpus de Sang (1640) canonical 3
Corpus de Sangre de 1640 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bloody Corpus Christi ⓘ
Corpus de Sangre ⓘ
Corpus de Sangre uprising ⓘ
cause economic and social strain from the Thirty Years' War ⓘ
grievances over billeting of Castilian troops in Catalonia ⓘ
tensions between Catalan institutions and the Spanish monarchy ⓘ
commemoratedBy Catalan historical memory of the Reapers' War ⓘ
conflict Reapers' War ⓘ
country Monarchy of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish monarchy
date 1640-06-07 ⓘ
dayOfWeek Thursday ⓘ
hasPartOf Reapers' War ⓘ
hasTheme anti-centralization ⓘ
peasant revolt ⓘ
regional autonomy ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period
languageOfName Catalan ⓘ
location Barcelona ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
mainParticipants Catalan rebels ⓘ
peasants from rural Catalonia ⓘ
segadors (reapers) ⓘ
namedAfter Feast of Corpus Christi ⓘ
opposingForce Spanish monarchy ⓘ
royal authorities of Philip IV of Spain ⓘ
partOf Catalan Revolt ⓘ
Reapers' War ⓘ
perpetrators Catalan insurgents ⓘ
politicalContext Count-Duke of Olivares' centralizing policies ⓘ
rule of Philip IV of Spain ⓘ
region Catalonia ⓘ
relatedEvent Reapers' War ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
result assassination of the Spanish viceroy of Catalonia ⓘ
outbreak of the Reapers' War ⓘ
linked to: Reapers' War

radicalization of Catalan revolt against Spanish rule ⓘ
significance marked the beginning of open armed conflict in the Reapers' War ⓘ
symbol of Catalan resistance to centralization by the Spanish monarchy ⓘ
triggered severing of relations between Catalan institutions and Philip IV ⓘ
victim Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma ⓘ
victimRole Viceroy of Catalonia ⓘ
year 1640 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Reapers' War → significantEvent → Corpus de Sang (1640) ⓘ
Battle of Montjuïc (1641) → precededBy → Corpus de Sang (1640) ⓘ
Corpus de Sang (7 June 1640) → alsoKnownAs → Corpus de Sangre de 1640 ⓘ
linked to: Corpus de Sang (1640)
War of the Reapers → significantEvent → Corpus de Sang (1640) ⓘ