Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca
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The Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca were early 18th-century royal reforms imposed by the Bourbon monarchy that abolished many of the island’s traditional institutions and privileges to centralize political and administrative control under the Spanish crown.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Bourbon reform
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legal reform → royal decree → |
| affects |
Mallorcan institutions
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Mallorcan nobility → municipal councils in Mallorca → |
| aimsAt |
reduction of regional autonomy in Mallorca
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uniformity of laws within the Spanish monarchy → |
| appliedBy |
Bourbon monarchy
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Philip V of Spain NERFINISHED → |
| appliesTo |
Kingdom of Mallorca
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| basedOn |
Castilian administrative model
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| belongsTo |
early modern Spanish legal history
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| changes |
distribution of power between crown and local bodies in Mallorca
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| country |
Spain
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| follows |
War of the Spanish Succession
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| governingLaw |
royal ordinances of Philip V
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| governmentTypeImposed |
more centralized royal administration
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| hasConsequence |
erosion of medieval constitutional traditions in Mallorca
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integration of Mallorca into a more centralized Spanish state → |
| hasEffect |
abolition of traditional institutions in Mallorca
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reduction of local privileges in Mallorca → strengthening of royal authority in Mallorca → |
| hasPurpose |
administrative unification of Spain
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centralization of political power → |
| historicalContext |
post-War of the Spanish Succession settlement
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| historicalPeriod |
Bourbon Spain
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| implementedBy |
royal officials appointed from Madrid
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| isPartOfProcess |
Bourbon centralization in Spain
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formation of the Spanish centralized state → |
| languagePolicy |
promotion of Castilian in administration
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| legalForm |
royal pragmatic and decree
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| legalStatus |
imposed reform
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| opposedBy |
sectors of Mallorcan elites
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| partOf |
Nueva Planta decrees
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| politicalNature |
absolutist reform
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| relatedTo |
Nueva Planta decree in Aragon
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Nueva Planta decree in Catalonia → Nueva Planta decree in Valencia → Nueva Planta decree in the Kingdom of Valencia → |
| replaces |
Mallorcan fueros
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many municipal privileges in Mallorca → traditional Mallorcan legal system → |
| startTime |
early 18th century
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| subjectOf |
historiography on Spanish centralization
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studies on the Nueva Planta in the Crown of Aragon → |
| territorialScope |
Balearic Islands
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia
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relatedTo |
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Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca
("Mallorcan fueros")
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replaces |