Nueva Planta decrees

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The Nueva Planta decrees were early 18th-century reforms issued by the Spanish Bourbon monarchy that abolished the traditional laws and institutions of several Crown of Aragon territories and centralized power under a more uniform Castilian-style administration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf centralization reform
royal decree
abolished Aragonese Cortes
linked to: Corts of Aragon

Valencian Cortes
linked to: Corts of Valencia

separate Catalan Cortes
administrativeEffect centralization of administration in Spain
imposition of Castilian-style institutions
unification of fiscal systems in affected territories
appliesTo Catalan institutions such as the Generalitat of Catalonia
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Aragon
Kingdom of Mallorca
linked to: Kingdom of Majorca

Kingdom of Valencia
Kingdom of Valencia fueros
linked to: Kingdom of Valencia

Principality of Catalonia
consequence creation of more unitary Spanish state
end of composite monarchy structure in Spain
country Spain
describedAs instrument of Bourbon centralism
turning point in Spanish constitutional history
dynastyContext House of Bourbon
follows War of the Spanish Succession
historicalPeriod early 18th century
historicalRegionAffected eastern Iberian Peninsula
implemented provincial structure closer to Castilian model
inspiredBy French absolutist administrative models
issuedBy Philip V of Spain
languagePolicy promotion of Castilian in administration
restriction of Catalan in official use in Catalonia
legalBasisClaimed right of conquest
legalEffect abolition of regional charters
suppression of separate Cortes in Crown of Aragon territories
longTermImpact centralization of Spanish state
grievances in Catalan and Aragonese political memory
opposedBy supporters of traditional fueros
partOf Bourbon Reforms in Spain
linked to: Bourbon Reforms
politicalGoal punishment of territories that supported the Habsburg claimant
strengthening royal absolutism
relatedTo Treaty of Utrecht
replaced Crown of Aragon fueros
Crown of Aragon institutions
linked to: Crown of Aragon
significantEvent Nueva Planta decree for Aragon and Valencia of 1707
Nueva Planta decree for Catalonia of 1716
startTime 1707
subjectOf Catalan nationalist historiography
historiographical debates on Spanish nation-building

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Kingdom of Valencia endEvent Nueva Planta decrees
Kingdom of Aragon dissolvedBy Nueva Planta decrees
Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca partOf Nueva Planta decrees
Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca governingLaw royal ordinances of Philip V
linked to: Nueva Planta decrees
Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca relatedTo Nueva Planta decree in Aragon
linked to: Nueva Planta decrees
Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca relatedTo Nueva Planta decree in Valencia
linked to: Nueva Planta decrees
Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca relatedTo Nueva Planta decree in the Kingdom of Valencia
linked to: Nueva Planta decrees
Diputación del General of Aragon hasLegalBasis Aragonese fueros
linked to: Nueva Planta decrees
Diputació del General dissolvedAsConsequenceOf Nueva Planta decrees
Nueva Planta decrees significantEvent Nueva Planta decree for Aragon and Valencia of 1707
linked to: Nueva Planta decrees
King of Valencia endCause Nueva Planta decrees
Captain General of Catalonia relatedTo Nueva Planta decrees
Philippe de France implementedPolicy Nueva Planta decrees
Catalan institutions abolishedBy Nueva Planta decrees
Catalan Constitutions significantEvent Nueva Planta decrees
Catalan Constitutions abolishedBy Nueva Planta decrees