Political Tensions between Aragon and Catalonia (1302)

Timeline

1. 1302Barcelona · CataloniaTo fund expenses such as the war in Sicily, James II attempted to expand royal taxation in Catalonia, provoking discontent among urban communities and the nobility over violations of traditional privileges.
2. 1302Lleida · CataloniaThe Catalan Corts convened, invoking constitutional traditions and local law (Usatges, furs) to resist new taxes imposed without consent and royal judicial intervention.
3. 1302Catalonia · CataloniaThe two sides failed to reach a full reconciliation, and the crown and Catalan institutions became deadlocked over fiscal and judicial authority, planting the seeds of larger constitutional conflicts to come.