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648 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1963
“It is necessary, in order to discover the causes of a popular movement or commotion, to take the narration a long way back, since experience has shown that this does not occur without being preceded by many preliminary events which move men to stir up trouble.” ~Seventeenth-century Catalan writer, Preface, page x.
“Our people are free and not subjugated like the people of Castile, for they look on us as their lord, and we on them as good vassals and companions.” ~Alfonso IV, an Aragonese king, speaking to his Castilian wife, Chapter I: Castile and Aragon, page 7.
Corpus de Sang or Corpus of Blood. A violent riot which took place in Catalonia during Corpus Christi. The riot marked the beginning of a widespread revolt between Catalonia and the Spanish Habsburg monarchy.