Catalan Revolt

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armed conflict revolt uprising

The Catalan Revolt was a mid-17th-century uprising in Catalonia against the Spanish monarchy that formed part of the wider Reapers' War and the crisis of the Spanish Empire under Philip IV.

Aliases (1)

Revolt of Catalonia ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict → revolt → uprising →
alsoKnownAs	Guerra dels Segadors → Revolt of Catalonia →
chronologicalContext	Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) → Thirty Years' War →
combatant	Catalan institutions → Catalan peasantry → France → Generalitat of Catalonia →
conflictOf	Reapers' War →
country	Spain →
endTime	1652 →
follows	implementation of the Union of Arms policy →
hasCause	defense of Catalan fueros and privileges → economic hardship caused by the Thirty Years' War → opposition to Olivares' centralizing policies → resentment over billeting of Castilian troops in Catalonia → resistance to increased taxation →
hasEffect	French occupation of parts of Catalonia → Treaty of the Pyrenees territorial changes → proclamation of the Catalan Republic under French protection → temporary separation of Catalonia from the Spanish Monarchy → weakening of Spanish Habsburg power →
languageOfRegion	Catalan →
leader	Louis XIII of France NERFINISHED → Louis XIV of France → Pau Claris → Philip IV of Spain NERFINISHED →
location	Crown of Aragon → Monarchy of Spain → Principality of Catalonia →
opponent	Count-Duke of Olivares → Kingdom of Spain → Philip IV of Spain NERFINISHED → Spanish Monarchy →
partOf	Reapers' War → crisis of the Spanish Empire under Philip IV →
religionInvolved	Roman Catholicism →
result	cession of Roussillon and parts of Cerdanya to France → restoration of Spanish royal authority in most of Catalonia →
significantEvent	Battle of Montjuïc (1641) → Corpus de Sang → French-Catalan alliance of 1641 → Pau Claris' proclamation of the Catalan Republic → siege and recapture of Barcelona (1652) →
startTime	1640 →
timePeriod	mid-17th century →
treaty	Treaty of the Pyrenees →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Catalan Revolt ("Revolt of Catalonia") →	alsoKnownAs
Philip IV of Spain →	conflict
Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) →	hasSignificantEvent
Philip IV of Spain →	notableEvent