Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia

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centralization measure legal reform royal decree

The Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia were a series of royal reforms issued by Philip V after the War of the Spanish Succession that abolished Catalan institutions and laws, centralizing political power under the Castilian model.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nueva Planta decrees	5
Nueva Planta decree for Catalonia of 1716	1
Nueva Planta decree in Catalonia	1
Nueva Planta decrees in Aragon	1
Nueva Planta decrees in Valencia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	centralization measure ⓘ legal reform ⓘ royal decree ⓘ
afterEvent	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
aim	centralization of the Spanish Monarchy ⓘ elimination of regional privileges (fueros) ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Catalonia ⓘ Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
consequence	integration of Catalonia into a more unitary Spanish state ⓘ long-term impact on Catalan political autonomy ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
dynasty	House of Bourbon ⓘ
effect	abolition of Catalan institutions ⓘ abolition of Catalan laws ⓘ centralization of political power in Madrid ⓘ creation of corregimientos in Catalonia ⓘ imposition of Castilian administrative model ⓘ introduction of Castilian law in Catalonia ⓘ military governance under a captain general ⓘ reorganization of local government in Catalonia ⓘ replacement of viceroy by captain general in Catalonia ⓘ restriction of Catalan self-government ⓘ subordination of Catalan institutions to royal councils ⓘ suppression of the Catalan Constitutions ⓘ suppression of the Catalan Corts ⓘ suppression of the Consell de Cent of Barcelona ⓘ suppression of the Generalitat of Catalonia as a medieval institution ⓘ unification of institutions with Castile ⓘ
follows	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
hasPart	Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nueva Planta decree for Catalonia of 1716
historicalContext	Bourbon reforms in Spain ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
issuedBy	Philip V of Spain ⓘ
languagePolicy	marginalization of Catalan in official use ⓘ promotion of Castilian in administration ⓘ
legalStatus	abolished Catalan institutions ⓘ
monarch	Philip V of Spain ⓘ
opposedBy	Catalan elites ⓘ supporters of Catalan institutions ⓘ
partOf	Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nueva Planta decrees
pointInTime	1716 ⓘ
reason	Bourbon desire for administrative uniformity ⓘ punishment for Catalan support of the Habsburg claimant ⓘ
relatedTo	Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nueva Planta decrees in Aragon Nueva Planta decrees in Mallorca ⓘ Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nueva Planta decrees in Valencia Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) ⓘ
startTime	1716 ⓘ