Why Catalonia was NOT a kingdom

What is the origin of Catalonia? Why it was a principality instead of a kingdom? Was the principality different in practice? I answer these questions in this episode.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Hook
00:19 What is Catalonia?
05:59 What is a principality and how does it differ from a kingdom?
11:11 Why was Catalonia a principality and not a kingdom?
18:56 Outro

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REFERENCES:
Baydal, Vicent, and Cristian Palomo Reina. Pseudohistòria contra Catalunya: De l’espanyolisme a la Nova Història. Eumo Editorial, 2020.
Palomo Reina, Cristian. “Noves perspectives per a una qüestió no resolta: Per qué Catalunya fou un principat i no un regne?” Anuario de estudios medievales 50.1 (2020): 323-352.
Palomo Reina, Cristian. Identitat i vocabulari polítics a Catalunya durant la guerra de successió. 2018. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, dissertation.

[@robertmyers6488]

I love Spain and you bring really unique information. I hope your channel grows.

[@newhistoryspain]

Thank you Robert!

[@robertmyers6488]

@@newhistoryspain I am very impressed by the story of Berenguela. So much smarter than her grandmother, yet so much less know. Before, we visited in 2021, my daughter and I watch a good TH-cam series that ran from her to the rise of Trastamara. We went many places but I made a point of going to the Cathedrals in Murcia and in Seville where respectively two parts of Alfonso X are interred.

[@mugen7819]

very well explained. very informative. good use of examples too. thank you.

[@newhistoryspain]

I recommend you to check other videos in the channel, like the story of an influential Spaniard in the Kingdom of Hawaii 😊

[@gwynedd4023]

ok cool video

[@maud3444]

I've often wondered why the Valencians or Baleares don't consider themselves to be Catalonians. They speak the same language, no?

[@newhistoryspain]

They do speak the same language yeah, although in the Valencian region for instance the use of the language has substantially declined. They just developed different identities as they didn't belong to the same political entity (the Crown of Aragon is just how we refer to all the possessions under the same monarch, but they barely shared common institutions, unlike the Crown of Castile). So you could argue it is the same as an American and British not considering themselves the same even though they speak the same language.

[@maud3444]

@@newhistoryspain Gracias 🙂

[@Benito-lr8mz]

Soy Valenciano y como esta comunidad antiguo Reino de Valencia dentro de la Corona de Aragon a secas de hecho en la acta de union con el Condado de Barcelona se especifico que apareciera primero y digamos como nombre del reino como Corona de Aragon como sabras mi region fue su " padre fundador" el gran Jaime l de Aragon " El Conquistador" saludos