After the War of the Spanish Succession, the Spanish internal order underwent changes aimed at establishing a centralised administration. The territorial privileges and privileges were left behind in much of the Peninsula and the defeated were removed from administrative responsibilities. The document is a reflection of this fact: on 15 April 1716 the Audiencia de Cataluña (replacing the Junta de Gobierno) was set up. The Council of Castile decided that both the Public Prosecutors and the Regent had to be Castilian, as did many of the Oidores. On the other hand, the Alcalde del Crimen would have to be Catalonian because of the work involved in their field. In total, of the 18 Ministros Togados of the Audiencia, 7 were Catalan, 8 Castilian, 2 Aragonese and 1 unspecified.
Collection: Texts
Chronology: XVIII
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Historical source
Format: Unknown
Source: Archivo General de Simancas, Secc. Gracia y Justicia, caja 133.
Language: Spanish
Date: 1716
Owner: Pablo Ballesta Fernández (Modernalia)
Copyright: © Enrique Giménez López, 2017 © Archivo General de Simancas © El blog El Tiempo de los Modernos en el siglo XVIII
Abstract: Composition of Catalans, Castilians and Aragonese in the Audiencia of Catalonia
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1716AragonesesAudiencia de CataluñaCastellanosCatalanesCataluñaCentralizaciónConflictividadFuentes históricasFuentes primariasGuerra de SucesiónReinado de Felipe VSiglo XVIII
