Catalan counties
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The Catalan counties were a group of medieval feudal territories in the eastern Pyrenees that formed the political and cultural foundation of what would become Catalonia.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Comarques of Catalonia | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feudal territory
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ medieval political entity ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kingdom of Aragon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
cradle of Catalan language
ⓘ
origin of Catalan identity ⓘ |
| developedInto | Catalan-Aragonese Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Principality of Catalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Visigothic territorial organization ⓘ |
| hasCapital | Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCentralFigure | Count of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentForm |
county-based feudalism
ⓘ
feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
County of Barcelona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County of Berga NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Besalú NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Cerdanya NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Conflent NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Empúries NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Girona NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Manresa NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Osona NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Pallars NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Peralada NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Ribagorça NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Roussillon NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Urgell NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Vallespir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
buffer zone against al-Andalus
ⓘ
foundation of Catalonia ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Frankish feudal system ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Latin
ⓘ
Old Catalan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Catalan customary law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
eastern Pyrenees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
present-day France ⓘ present-day Spain ⓘ |
| partOf |
Carolingian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marca Hispanica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sovereigntyGraduallyFrom | Carolingian kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereigntyGraduallyTo | hereditary Catalan counts ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.