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Catalan Civil War
In the 1440s, constitutional conflict between Aragon's John II and the Catalan Cortes, city communities, and noble factions escalated into armed stan…
Timeline
- 1442–1445Barcelona · CataloniaJohn II long resided in Castile; the Catalan Cortes questioned royal finances and military levies, while city communities like Barcelona and noble factions formed an opposition alliance, bringing the constitutional crisis into the open.
- 1446–1449Catalonia · CataloniaThe opposition controlled some towns and fortresses, and royal forces clashed repeatedly with local militias; though it had not yet developed into the full-scale civil war of the 1460s, the rift between royal power and local autonomy was already hard to heal.
Sources
- A History of Spain — Simon Barton (2009)
- The Mediterranean World of Alfonso the Magnanimous — Alan Ryder (2006)