Corts of Aragon

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The Corts of Aragon were the representative parliamentary assemblies of the medieval Crown of Aragon, bringing together nobles, clergy, and towns to legislate and negotiate with the monarch.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
medieval parliament
representative assembly
appliesToJurisdiction Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Aragon
basedOn feudal estates system
convenedBy King of Aragon
country Crown of Aragon
differentFrom Cortes of Castile
Estates-General of France
Parliament of England
followed principle of pactism
hasCharacteristic corporate representation
estate-based representation
limited royal power
negotiated taxation
periodic convocation
written privileges and fueros
hasInfluenced concept of pactist monarchy in Aragonese political thought
later parliamentary traditions in the Iberian Peninsula
hasMainRole confirmation of laws and fueros
defense of privileges and liberties
legislation
negotiation with the monarch
redress of grievances
taxation approval
hasPart estate of the clergy
estate of the nobility
estate of the towns
representatives of royal towns
representatives of the high clergy
representatives of the lesser nobility
representatives of the urban bourgeoisie
hasTimePeriod Middle Ages
early modern period
legislativeBodyFor Crown of Aragon
King of Aragon
location Zaragoza
other major cities of the Crown of Aragon
partOf institutions of the Crown of Aragon
religion Roman Catholicism
usedLanguage Aragonese
Catalan
Latin
Occitan

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Crown of Aragon hadInstitution Corts of Aragon
Diputación del General of Aragon hasJurisdictionOver Aragonese estates
linked to: Corts of Aragon
Corts of Valencia differentFrom Corts of Aragon
Statute of Autonomy of Aragon approvedBy Cortes de Aragón
linked to: Corts of Aragon
Statute of Autonomy of Aragon establishes Cortes de Aragón
linked to: Corts of Aragon
Flag of Aragon adoptedBy Cortes de Aragón
linked to: Corts of Aragon
Nueva Planta decrees abolished Aragonese Cortes
linked to: Corts of Aragon
Cortes of Aragon precededBy Cortes of the Kingdom of Aragon
linked to: Corts of Aragon
Cortes of Aragon nativeLabel Cortes de Aragón
linked to: Corts of Aragon
Mallorcan nobility participatedIn Cortes of the Crown of Aragon
linked to: Corts of Aragon
Aragonese Interregnum governedBy Corts of Aragon