Detailed Table of Contents Preface.................................................................................................................................................xiv Chapter 1 TheTreatyofMeaux-Paris(1228):AForerunneroftheNuevaPlantaDecrees–Consequencesof theRightofConquestfortheCrownofAragon..................................................................................... 1 Vicent Martines, University of Alicante, Spain TheauthorsanalyzetheTreatyofMeaux-Paris(1228)signedbetweenFranceandToulouse.Ithas extraordinaryrelevanceasitestablishesthetermsoftheapplicationofFrenchlawoverthepowerful .(countyofToulouseandbyextensionoverOccitanlands,astheresultoftheBattleofMuret(1213 Theyofferthefirsttranslationever(intoEnglish)ofthistreatyandtheyanalyzeitasthelegalrendering .ofthecentralizedexpansionoftheFrenchCrownonitswaytowardsbecominganabsolutistmonarchy TheyalsostudyforthefirsttimethistreatyincomparisontotheDecreesofNovaPlantaissuedinSpain between1707-1716byakingofFrenchoriginwhichrepresentedthefulfillmentofanauthoritarian processthatbeganinFranceinthe13thcentury.Thetreatyandthedecreesusedtheconceptofthe .justrightofconquest,”whichprovideda(debatable)legitimacytotheinterestsofthewinningparties“ TheyanalyzeliterarytextssuchastheCançódelaCroadaaswellashistoricalcontemporaryaccounts .creationofaCatalancollectiveidentity Chapter 2 FromCatalansandAragonesetoValencians:TheRoleofPoliticsintheMakingoftheMedieval ValencianIdentity................................................................................................................................. 30 Vicent Baydal Sala, Jaume I University, Spain ThemedievalKingdomofValenciawascreatedin1238,aftertheconquestofIslamiclandsintheEastern partoftheIberianPeninsulabyCatalanandAragonesepeople.NewChristiansettlersarrivedfrom CataloniaandAragonwithdistinctidentityfeelings,butafteracenturyanewidentitywasformed,whose ,firstexpressionwasthecreationofagentilic,“Valencian,”foralltheinhabitantsofthenewkingdom regardlessoftheirCatalanorAragoneseorigins.Asthischapterexplains,thisprocesswascloselylinked tothedevelopmentofthepoliticalandfiscalstructuresofthekingdom,basedprimarilyontheValencian .Parliament,wheresubsidesandlawswerenegotiatedbetweenthekingandthecommunityoftherealm Chapter 3 TheMeaningofHispaniainMediaevalMajorca................................................................................. 46 Gabriel Ensenyat Pujol, University of Balearic Islands, Spain    ThemediaevalconceptofHispania/EspañahasbeenusedbysomeinSpanishhistoriographytolegitimize theexistenceoftheSpanishnationfromtheMiddleAges.Leavingasidethemanipulativeandideological ,aspectofthisapproach,whenlookedatfromtheperspectiveprovidedbydocumentsfromMajorca theauthorsperceiveaverydifferentimpression.ThechoronymHispaniawasusedbetweenthe13th and15thcenturiestodenotemainlyal-Andalus(i.e.,IslamicIberia).Atothertimes(rarely),itwasalso usedtorefertoChristianregions,albeitexcludingthelandsoftheCrownofAragonandtheBalearic .Islandsthemselves Chapter 4 :ProposalsforSocialPedagogyandtheBestPoliticalPracticesFromtheCrownofAragon EiximenisandHisRegimentdelaCosaPública.................................................................................. 57 Rosabel Roig-Vila, University of Alicante, Spain Gladys Merma-Molina, University of Alicante, Spain Diego Gavilán-Martín, University of Alicante, Spain TheauthorsanalyzethefigureoftheFranciscanFrancescEiximenis,andespeciallyhisRegimentde lacosapública,fromareflectiononmedievalpedagogyandpolitics.Likewise,theyestablishmeeting pointsbetweenthethought,thewordsandthepedagogyofEiximenisandthoseofotherauthors.So,the chapterdrawsachronological-analyticallinebetweenhimandotherrelevantfiguresofthe13ththrough (the16thcenturies,suchasSaintThomasAquinas,BeatusRamonLlull,NiccolòMachiavelli,(Saint .ThomasMore,SaintVincentFerrer,andJoanLluisVives Chapter 5 TheCatalanCollectiveIdentityintheEarlyModernEra(1479–1714):Catalanityand SpanishnessinthePrincipalityofCataloniaDuringtheOldRegime.................................................. 72 Cristian Palomo, Jaume I University, Spain ,Catalonia,politicallyformedastheprincipalityofCataloniaandthecountiesofRoussillonandCerdanya wasapoliticalentitythat,likethoseofthekingdomsofAragon,Valencia,orNavarra,existedinthelate ,medievalandtheearlymodernperiodslinkedtogreatdynasticempiressuchastheCrownofAragon theHispanicMonarchy,andtheFrenchMonarchy.Inthesecenturies,theCatalansdevelopedacollective identity,andthischapteroffersasyntheticexplanationofitscharacteristicsduringthereignofthe .CatholicMonarchsandtheirsuccessors,theHispanicsovereignsoftheHouseofAustria Chapter 6 CatalanIdentityandBanditryintheAncientRegime.......................................................................... 89 Alejandro Llinares, Universidad de Málaga, Spain Theauthorsexaminehowtheconceptsofnation,country,monarchy,andSpain,whichhavesignificantly differentmeaningstoday,wereunderstoodintheModernAge.Fromhere,theyfirstexaminethedisputes thatexistedamongthemonarchistHispanicforcesinthePrincipalityofCataloniaunderthecommandof theviceroysandtheCatalanpowers,enshrinedinlawandservedbytheriseinbanditry.Thesedisputes .gaverise,amongotherfactors,tothegrowthintheso-calledinstitutionalpatriotism Chapter 7 –Catalan“Sedition”inthe17thCentury:AnAnti-CatalanPoeminLatinAbouttheReapers’War TheSeditioCatalaunica...................................................................................................................... 101 Antoni Biosca, University of Alicante, Spain  TheLatinpoemSeditioCatalaunica,stilluneditedandlackingstudiesandtranslation,isaclearexample oftheanti-CatalanmentalitytypicaloftheReapers´Warin17th-centurySpain.Inthispoem,keptina 17th-centuryMSheldattheBibliotecadelaRealAcademiadelaHistoria,Madrid,wecanfindclear .referencestoCatalonia´sandCatalans´guiltinthewar,aswellasaccusationoftreasonandsedition Theepicpoem,composedofover1,200Latinhexameters,isaccompaniedbyfivebriefthatinsiston -thesameidea.Thisaccusationofseditionhasalsoservedinrecenttimestotryinacourtoflawpro independenceCatalanleadersin2019,sothatwecananalyzethispoemasaprecedentofSpanish .politicswithregardtoCatalonia Chapter 8 Spaininthe19thCentury:SpanishNationBuildingandCatalonia’sAttemptatBecomingan IberianPrussia.................................................................................................................................... 108 Hans-Ingo Radatz, Independent Researcher, Germany Spain’snationbuildinginthe19thcenturycametoanearlystartduringtheWarofIndependence,but thenewideaofa“SpanishNation”soonranintomajoradversities.WhenFernandoVIIreinstatedhis absolutistmonarchy,mostoftheAmericancoloniesbrokeaway,andaseriesofcivilwarsturnedSpain intoafailedstateforthegreaterpartofthe19thcentury.Duringthisperiod,animportantsegmentof Catalonia’sbuoyantbourgeoisietriedtoemulatePrussia’sroleinGermanyandPiedmont’sinItalyand ,pushedforCataloniatobecometheleaderofamodernizationprocess.Catalanaspirationswere,however frustratedwhenin1898thelastoverseascolonieswerelostandtheGeneracióndel1898rebootedthe Spanishnation-buildingprocess–nowasaEuropeancountrywithaclear-cutcentralistandCastilian ideologybehindit.ModernregionalnationalisminSpaincanonlybeunderstoodagainstthebackground .ofthesedevelopmentsinthe19thcentury Chapter 9 ”FrancescBorrullandBartomeuRibelles:TheAppealofMedievalValencian“Constitutionalism in1810................................................................................................................................................ 123 Vicent Josep Escartí, Universitat de València, Spain In1810,twoworkswereprintedinValenciathatdefendedthevalidityoftheValencianforalsystem establishedinourlandsasaresultoftheconquestofJamesIwhenitwasabolishedsince1707,afterthe defeatofAlmansa.ThesearetheDiscursosobrelaconstituciónquedioalreynodeValenciasuinvicto conquistador,elseñordonJaymePrimerobyFrancescXavierBorrullandtheMemoriashistórico-críticas delasantiguasCortesdelreynodeValencia,aworkbytheDominicanfriarBartoloméRibelles.This chapteranalyzestheinterestsofthoseauthorsandplacestheseworkswithinthepoliticalcontextofthe .Spainofthemoment,invadedbytheNapoleonictroops Chapter 10 PatronageandTraditionalCultureintheEarly20thCentury:TheLlegendariPopularCatalà Project................................................................................................................................................. 137 Carme Oriol, Rovira