Consell de Cent of Barcelona

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early modern political institution historical institution medieval political institution municipal governing council

The Consell de Cent of Barcelona was a historic municipal governing council that played a central role in the political and administrative life of medieval and early modern Barcelona within the Principality of Catalonia.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Consell de Cent	2
Consell de la Terra	1
Conseller en cap of Barcelona	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	early modern political institution ⓘ historical institution ⓘ medieval political institution ⓘ municipal governing council ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Barcelona ⓘ surface form: city of Barcelona
composedOf	representatives of guilds and trades ⓘ urban elites of Barcelona ⓘ
country	Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
dissolvedBy	centralizing reforms of the Spanish monarchy ⓘ
dissolvedIn	18th century ⓘ
documentedIn	early modern legal and constitutional texts of Catalonia ⓘ medieval Catalan municipal records ⓘ
existedDuring	Middle Ages ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
followedBy	centralized Bourbon municipal administration in Barcelona ⓘ
governed	municipal affairs of Barcelona ⓘ
governmentType	oligarchic council ⓘ
hadAuthorityOver	defense and militia organization in Barcelona ⓘ local taxation in Barcelona ⓘ public works in Barcelona ⓘ urban regulation in Barcelona ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage	Consell de Cent of Barcelona self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Consell de Cent Council of One Hundred ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers	100 ⓘ
heritageStatus	important element of Barcelona historical memory ⓘ
influencedBy	municipal institutions of the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
jurisdiction	citizens of Barcelona ⓘ
locatedIn	Barcelona ⓘ Catalonia ⓘ Crown of Aragon ⓘ Spain ⓘ
nameLanguage	Catalan ⓘ
partOf	institutions of the Principality of Catalonia ⓘ municipal government of Barcelona ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role	municipal self-government ⓘ political administration of Barcelona ⓘ representation of urban estates ⓘ
seat	Barcelona City Hall ⓘ surface form: Casa de la Ciutat (Barcelona city hall)
significance	key institution in Catalan constitutional tradition ⓘ symbol of Barcelona municipal autonomy ⓘ
typeOfCouncil	hundred-member council ⓘ
usedLanguage	Catalan ⓘ Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rafael Casanova → associatedWith → Consell de Cent of Barcelona ⓘ

this entity surface form: Consell de Cent

Principality of Catalonia → hasInstitution → Consell de Cent of Barcelona ⓘ

Consell de Cent of Barcelona → hasNameInLanguage → Consell de Cent of Barcelona self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Consell de Cent

General Council → historicalPrecursor → Consell de Cent of Barcelona ⓘ

this entity surface form: Consell de la Terra

Rafael Casanova → positionHeld → Consell de Cent of Barcelona ⓘ

this entity surface form: Conseller en cap of Barcelona