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

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia
relatedTo
Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca ("Mallorcan fueros")
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