Catalan Courts
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The Catalan Courts or General Court of Catalonia were the parliamentary body of the Principality of Catalonia from the 13th to the 18th century. The Catalan Courts were the result of the territorial a
Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya 1
Ferdinand II of Aragon on his throne flanked by two shields showing the royal arms. Frontis of a 1495 edition of the Catalan Constitutions.
James I presiding over the early Catalan Courts of 1228, discussing the conquest of Mallorca. Mural painting from the Palau Berenguer d'Aguilar (Barcelona), c. 1285
15th-century seal bearing the legend s(igillum) Cortium et Parlamentorum Generalium Principatus Cathalonie ("seal of the Courts and the Parliament of the Principality of Catalonia")
Constitutions of Catalonia
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The Constitutions of Catalonia or Catalan constitutions were the laws of the Principality of Catalonia introduced and promulgated by the Count of Barcelona and passed by the Catalan Courts. Being the
Catalan Courts
…were in charge of legislating, always with the support of the sovereign. If the laws that were approved came from the king they received the name of "Constitutions" (Constitucions), if they came from the estates, "Court Chapters" (Capítols de Cort). If the king passed a law unilaterally it was called "Acts of…
Compilation of 1704
Compilation of 1493
Compilation of 1585