Post by Odin of Ossetia on Feb 12, 2021 19:57:29 GMT -5
One of the rules that the Spanish king created when Castile (Spain) invaded Catalonia in the year 1714 was this: Catalans were limited to one knife per family, which was to be used only to cut bread and had to be chained to the table.
If you visit old Catalan houses nowadays, you may sometimes still see the chain that tied the knife.
Other changes in Catalonia imposed by the Spanish military occupation included the following:
All the Catalan institutions were abolished and they imposed the Spanish absolute monarchy with Spanish governors chosen by the king
Imposition of the Spanish language as the only official one, banning the use of Catalan in public documents.
Jail or execution of people who had had an important role in the defense of Catalonia during the war. There were also some extreme cases, such as general Josep Moragues. He was dragged alive through the streets of Barcelona, killed and his body mutilated. His head was exposed for 12 years on top of the entrance gate to Barcelona as a warning to anyone who thought to rebel.
Jailing of thousands of Catalan people.
All the possessions of people who were known to have fought in defense of Catalonia’s independence (including the ones who had died in the war) were confiscated.
Catalans were forced to house the Spanish army in their homes, and every town had to dedicate a percentage of their fields to grow food for the horses of the Spanish army.
Catalonia had to pay very high taxes to Spain, and those who refused to pay it had the army sent to their home to force them to pay
Everyone who had worked for the Catalan administration or governments was fired, and those judges, lawyers, scribes, nobles and members of the church who had been against the Spanish invasion were forced to go on exile.
Destruction of many castles all around Catalonia.
Destruction of historical documents like the Annals of Catalonia by Feliu de la Penya and all the documents printed during the war
Abolition of Catalan money and prohibition of Catalonia to ever make its own money again, and the coins already in circulation would be worth one third of their original cost.
Prohibition for Catalan people to have weapons. Prohibition of the Catalans who had had the right to have a sword (it was an honour to be awarded the right to carry sword) from using it.
Replacing the Catalan symbols (like the senyera and Saint George) for portraits of the Spanish king Felipe V, the Bourbonic coat of arms and other symbols of the Spanish monarchy.
Destroying one third of Barcelona, the houses of hundreds of families who had nowhere to go, to build the biggest citadel in Europe in order to control Barcelona.
Every day at 2 pm the Cathedral of Barcelona had to ring the bells for a prayer to the Spanish King, to reminds the citizens of the occupation. The bell called Honorata was destroyed for the crime of having rang to call citizens to defend the city against the invasion.
If you visit old Catalan houses nowadays, you may sometimes still see the chain that tied the knife.
Other changes in Catalonia imposed by the Spanish military occupation included the following:
All the Catalan institutions were abolished and they imposed the Spanish absolute monarchy with Spanish governors chosen by the king
Imposition of the Spanish language as the only official one, banning the use of Catalan in public documents.
Jail or execution of people who had had an important role in the defense of Catalonia during the war. There were also some extreme cases, such as general Josep Moragues. He was dragged alive through the streets of Barcelona, killed and his body mutilated. His head was exposed for 12 years on top of the entrance gate to Barcelona as a warning to anyone who thought to rebel.
Jailing of thousands of Catalan people.
All the possessions of people who were known to have fought in defense of Catalonia’s independence (including the ones who had died in the war) were confiscated.
Catalans were forced to house the Spanish army in their homes, and every town had to dedicate a percentage of their fields to grow food for the horses of the Spanish army.
Catalonia had to pay very high taxes to Spain, and those who refused to pay it had the army sent to their home to force them to pay
Everyone who had worked for the Catalan administration or governments was fired, and those judges, lawyers, scribes, nobles and members of the church who had been against the Spanish invasion were forced to go on exile.
Destruction of many castles all around Catalonia.
Destruction of historical documents like the Annals of Catalonia by Feliu de la Penya and all the documents printed during the war
Abolition of Catalan money and prohibition of Catalonia to ever make its own money again, and the coins already in circulation would be worth one third of their original cost.
Prohibition for Catalan people to have weapons. Prohibition of the Catalans who had had the right to have a sword (it was an honour to be awarded the right to carry sword) from using it.
Replacing the Catalan symbols (like the senyera and Saint George) for portraits of the Spanish king Felipe V, the Bourbonic coat of arms and other symbols of the Spanish monarchy.
Destroying one third of Barcelona, the houses of hundreds of families who had nowhere to go, to build the biggest citadel in Europe in order to control Barcelona.
Every day at 2 pm the Cathedral of Barcelona had to ring the bells for a prayer to the Spanish King, to reminds the citizens of the occupation. The bell called Honorata was destroyed for the crime of having rang to call citizens to defend the city against the invasion.
useless-catalanfacts.tumblr.com/tagged/hist%C3%B2ria/page/2
Another hypothesis says that this term is a direct consequence of the fact that battalions of Polish mercenaries helped the Austrias side during the Spanish War of Succession (1701-1715, a war in which Castile gave support the Bourbon monarchy and Catalonia-Aragon gave support to the Austrias, and resulted in the victory of Castile and its invading the Catalan Countries and banning our language and culture, starting a process of forced “Spanishization”). Then Castilians took the term “polacos” to refer to those who were on the Austrias’ side, most importantly Catalans, kinda being their equivalent of our word botifler. It later became more popular because Catalan was considered difficult to understand, and so comparable to Polish.
useless-catalanfacts.tumblr.com/post/160708385453/is-it-true-that-some-people-call-catalonian-people
War of the Spanish Succession in the Catalan-Speaking Lands.
www.researchgate.net/publication/43405250_The_War_of_the_Spanish_Succession_in_the_Catalan-speaking_Lands
When Catalonia Stood Alone, 1713-1714.
www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Vilalta.pdf
War for Catalonia's Independence of the Early 18th Century.
zen.yandex.ru/media/id/5dab435843fdc000b16380ad/voennaia-istoriia-borby-za-nezavisimost-katalonii-5f004498a587243e6e91c8b7
Reenactment.
www.joanalvado.com/the-defenders
Revolt of the Barretinas, 1687-1689.
rankly.com/item/revolt-of-the-barretinas
As a side note, what a deranged and silly list of the "best revolutions and uprisings" as it does not even include the Zamojszczyzna Uprising of 1942-1944, which unquestionably was one of the most noble uprisings ever.
The Reapers' War, 1640-1659.
helpcatalonia.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-reapers-war.html
www.barcelonawalking.net/reapers-war/