History of Catalonia - Prehistory in Catalonia - Article Index

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Prehistory In Catalonia
The first known human settlements in what is now Catalonia were at the beginning of the Middle Palaeolithic. The oldest known traces of h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Catalonia Aragon And Castile
History of Catalonia - Union with Aragon. Until the middle of the 12th century, the successive counts of Barcelona tried to expand thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - The Carlist Wars
The reign of Ferdinand VII (reigned 1808–1833) saw several Catalan uprisings and after his death the conflict over the succession betwe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Catalan Nationalism And The Workers Movement
In 1874, a coup by General Martínez Campos in Sagunto led to a restoration of the Bourbon dynasty in the person of Alfonso XII. A period...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Franco's Dictatorship
As in the rest of Spain, the Franco era (1939–1975) in Catalonia saw the annulment of democratic liberties, the prohibition and persecu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Republic And Civil War
After the fall of Primo de Rivera, the Catalan left made great efforts to create a united front under Francesc Macià. The Esquerra Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - The Napoleonic Wars
In the 1790s, new conflicts arose on the French border, due to the French Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1808, during t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - The Reapers' War
The Reapers' War or Guerra dels Segadors (1640–1652), also known as the War for Catalan Independence, started as an uprising of peasant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - The Rise Of Iberian Culture
During the period of Iberian civilization, the Catalan territory was home to several distinct tribes: The Indiketes in Empordà, the Cere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - Roman Times
Romanization brought a second, distinct stage in the ancient history of Catalonia. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus arrived in Ampurias, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - From Late Antiquity To Feudalism
History of Catalonia - Visigothic and Muslim rule. The Crisis of the Third Century affected the whole Roman Empire, and gravely affecte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Catalonia: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Catalonia - War Of The Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession (1705–1714) resulted in the revocation of Catalonia's traditional autonomy and privileges. Afterwards...   » Read the article