General Community, General Court and Commonwealth. The Principality of Catalonia until 1714 Compared to the other Realms of Spain and of Europe
Abstract
In spite of the corporative and privileged character of the political representation in the preliberal regimes, those realms of Europe where the estates transcended the internal divisions and forged general or “national” consensus, they were better prepared to face the rising of the royal power through powerful parliaments, where the common man could steer his interests in the statebuilding from bellow. Three elements explain this achievement: the strong sense of belonging to the same political community,
the lack of hegemony of any of its members and an important social and economic dynamism. We
can observe them in the Principality of Catalonia. Its General Court resisted the attempt to control it
from the monarchy, shared with the other realms of Spain, and, with a growth of the political participation,
made an important political and economic legislation for the sake of the common good of the
Community and its commonwealth.
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