The History of Catalonia 

I learned much of this when I visited Barcelona. The people were so proud of their language and independent government. While I felt I had wasted boning up on my Spanish, it was fascinating to learn about Catalan and its origins. Truly a beautiful city and rich in culture and history.

Video: “Catalonian” Me: **deep inhale** Catalan

War of Spanish Succession is wrong. Austrians and Hapsburg are the same. It was Hapsburg (Austrian) vs. Bourbon (French) successors.

As per my name, one can see that I am Catalana, I was born there, my mother tongue was Catalan, then Spanish was my second language when I started school, age 4, home was always Catalan, school, we had French and Italian lessons, (which are cousin languages) then age 14, we moved to Australia, English came into the picture, later marrying a Aussie born Greek background, that came into my life, all this happened before I was 20. I spoke Catalan to my mum and dad, till their passing, about 62 years, now at 75 I am able to speak all of them, but I only write Catalan, Spanish and English.

And Portugal is just watching like.. Wtf is Spain up to this time.

You would almost think Hilbert is dutch or something😂

Fun fact, the regions of Spain that were under Aragonese rule still bear its red and yellow stripes upon their modern flags (Aragon proper, Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic islands), making for a group of very sinilar-looking flags in a country whose regions otherwise have very different designs for theirs. Also, Catalan is supposedly the language closest to the vulgar Latin spoken in Iberia in the days of the Romans.

a video without netherlands and it's anthem playing is not a true vid of Hillbert

Great video but there are two thinks that i want to coment. -The people from catalonia are catalans, not catalonians. -Ur flag isnt the `estelada´ (the one you show in the video) its the `senyera´ . The `estelada´ its a flag that represents the separatist movement and was created in 1918.

During the he Spanish civil war, Madrid standed for several years

Have a bit of a problem with the notion of Catalonia being singularily opposed to the Spanish crown in the Spanish Succession War. The resistance was more a thing among the nobility who were afraid of losing their privileges. Not about a notion of being Catalonian.

Catalonia: I want to hold a referendum Spain: isn't that illegal? Catalonia: *I will make it legal*

I'd love to hear more about how the history relates to the current situation. Great content, thanks!

I'm not a historian and I'm probably biased, but there are some things I would like to say: · Hispania was the name Romans gave to the Iberian Peninsula. They divided this territory in several provinces (from two at the beginning to five at the end). It’s probably better to just say it’s a geographical term, not a pollitical one. · You’re skipping the Fall of the Roman Empire, the Germanic domination and the Muslim invasion. I think they are worth mentioning, since it answers why Christian Kingdoms ended organizing this way. · When the Muslims invaded the Iberian Peninsula, the Christians began fighting them by establishing small kingdoms in the north that started expanding southward. Portugal, Leon, Castile, Navarre, Aragon and Catalonia are some of these kingdoms. By marriage, some of these kingdoms began to unite, Castile and Leon for one side and Aragon and Catalonia for another. Although Castile and Leon were completely fused, that’s not the same for Aragon and Catalonia, since they worked more or less as a confederation, different kingdoms with the same king. When they conquered the Balearic Islands and Valencia, they added these two kingdoms to this confederation they called the Crown of Aragon (although neither Aragon nor Catalonia had a dominant position). · And you missed the Balearic Islands in your map, just saying. · The flag for Aragon and Catalonia are mostly the same, since it’s the flag of the King and they had the same king (it's four horizontal stripes on a field of gold). · The marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella functioned mostly the same way than with Catalonia and Aragon: two kingdoms (well, one for Castille and Leon and four for Aragon, but two kingdoms is easier) with the same king. It’s not one country, instead different countries with the same ruler (if you look it this way it makes all the wars of this period easier to understand ). In the following years, parts of Italy, the Netherlands, Germany or America were added to the Spanish Empire. · The flag of Spain doesn’t appear until the 18th century, and the Coat of Arms until the 1970s. · The War of the Spanish Succession is less a conflict between Castile and Aragon or two kings than two opposite visions of how Spain should be ruled: the France way (absolutist, centralised) or the Austrian way (more de-centralised and respectful with the local laws and customs). There were Borbonists (supporters of France) and Austriacists (supporters of Austria) on all parts of the country, more Borbonists than Austriacists in Castille and the other way around in Aragon. It’s recorded and notorious that one of the battle cries in the Siege of Barcelona was ‘For Spain’. Their vision of Spain, of course. In the end, the France way won. · September 11th is not ‘La Diada Nacional’ is just ‘La Diada’, more or less ‘THE Day’. · Again, careful with the flags. The white one with a red 'X' represented the Habsburg, in this period the rulers were Bourbon. The ‘Catalan’ one is not the official one, it represents the will for independence and it doesn’t appear until the 20th century (inspired by Cuba's independence in 1898). · The Catalan Nationalist movement appears at mid-late 19th century. · At the beginning of the 20th century there’s a brief period of semi-autonomy in Catalonia, until the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera in 1923. · The dictatorship (and the Monarchy) ended when republican parties won the 1931 local elections and the Republic was declared in Barcelona and Madrid. This Catalan Republic lasted for three days (literally), until it joined the Second Spanish Republic. The man in the photo is Francesc Macià, the president of the ephemeral Catalan Republic and later the president of the autonomous region of Catalonia. · Again, careful with the flags. You mixed the Coat of Arms of the King in the Spanish Republican flag. Not cool. · It would be cooler if you showed the evolution of the Civil War through the years, not only a static map. And there was bombardment of Barcelona (by Mussolini’s italian planes), but no siege. In 1939 Franco occupied the remnants of Catalonia in three weeks. · Good work here with the Spanish flag, the one with the bird is the right one. ·It’s a bit strange that you cut your video at the end of Franco’s Dictatorship, since it was forty years ago and a lot of things have happened: - Spain transitioned into a democracy and in 1979 got a new Constitution. - Most of the judges, policemen and civil servants from the Dictatorship strangely kept their jobs. - Catalonia got again his autonomy status, but another sixteen regions of Spain did the same, diluting its self-government. Its status is recorded in the Statute of Autonomy (more or less like a mini-Constitution, the highest law of the region just below the Constitution). Spain joined the EU in 1986. - In the 2000s, after a long time slowly gaining more powers, Catalan parties sought a new Statute to further expand and protect these powers. They finished their work in 2005 and in 2006 was substantially reduced by the Spanish Parliament and reluctantly approved in referendum by the Catalan people. - In 2006 this Statute was challenged at the Constitutional Court, which ruled in 2010 against the Statute and further reduced its powers. A huge demonstration was held in Barcelona on July 10th 2010 protesting against the ruling and claiming for independence. Now it was not only a matter of money or language, but a matter of pride and respect. - In 2011 a new pro-independence organization was born. They have pushed for independence and organized a huge demonstration on September 11th for five years. - The Spanish government has systematically declined to acknowledge any petition from the Catalan government, even the smaller ones. Sorry for the long post. Here’s a Politico article www.politico.eu/article/catalonia-referendum-independence-timeline-how-did-we-get-here/ that covers the last ten years in Catalonia and how the claim for independence has grown. Very good.

Thank you for getting us started. Please do carry on!

Thanks for making this video. Now the things happening over there are somewhat clearer to me. I should like it very much if you make a video on the current situation.

It is a good video, but the History is much more complex than that. For example, in the Middle Ages the Corona de Aragon (Crown of Aragon) was actually born thanks to a marriage between the main ruler of the Barcelona County and the doughter of the king of Aragon. It was a pact, a marriage. Besides, the Catalans were not united as a kingdom (they lived in several counties: Barcelona, Girona, Urgell...) and they were not under the power of Aragon "being permitted to preserve their language and customs". And of course as you well know, they are not the only ones who lived this History and the repression (generally speaking). There is a lot of things to consider here. But good job trying to do the summary haha it is no easy job ;)

This video is amazing! Lots of information and beautiful graphics. Please keep on making these videos, Hilbert! Love it, definitely gonna recommend this channel to my friends and family!

6:20 That´s not actually true, though Catalan was banned from official and public matters of the nation, it could be spoken and you could still read from it. It was repressed in the sence that it was not allowed to be thought or to be used by the local goverment but there was never a law that arrested a catalan speaker if he/she was speaking to a friend and a policeman heard them. The opresion of the language was more on a institutional level than a local one.

Spain clearly belongs to the Dutch. Long live the Hapsburg jaw.

I de cop, un comentari català XD

“Whilhelmus van Nassau ben ik van Duitsen bloed” Love it, interesting as well.

You deserve way more subs, keep up the good work.

Hilbert coming in clutch with those well-timed videos that double his subscriber count

You went through the Spanish civil war without discussing the CNT-FAI? You briefly mentioned it for at about 6:15 but it was almost entirely glossed over.

it would be nice if people of other countries don't exclude the islands from our territory... canary and balearic islands also existe xD You used a wrong flag to show the union of the kingdoms. The first flag was Cross of Burgundy (more or less Florida's flag nowadays). You also explain wrongly the fight between the borbon and austria's supporters, it was not between aragon and the rest, it was between people inside all the territories, saying that it was between territories is like saying that civil war was between territories, completely wrong. You also mixed Cross of Burgundy with estelada... wrong, both flags are from different times.

Great video Sir, as always.

Very nice mate. Topical. Love it.

As catalan I have to say that your pronunciation is awesome, but one thing that I have to say is that our oficial flag is ne one with just 4 red stripes and 5 yellow. In any case that video is really good!

Cool video and thanks for sharing this History With Hilbert

Yes I would like to know more about this. The video had good information in it please do more.

As a non independentist catalan I have to say that the video is quite objective, however it has some errors, like using the independentist flag (the one with blue and the star and created in the XX century) the whole video when talking about Catalonia and not the Senyera which is the official flag.

Can you do a video on the anarchist territories in Catalonia and Aragon in the late 1930s? They only got half a sentence in this one and it is incredibly hard to find information on them.

Thank you for the information. I am a Creole American American, I meat a Man in Barcelona that I am interested in. He is Catalan. This interaction was the first time hearing about the Catalan people. I want to respect who he is...

Thank you very much for this most educational video about the history of Catalonia !!!

Great video!!

You have a problem with "succession war" in Spain, please read more about this

I always thought that the demonym for people that come from Catalonia was “Catalan”, “Catalonian” just sounds weird.

Great video. Thank you.

Good info. Thanks

I pensar que podria haver buscat i trobat el video en castellà o català i ho he fet amb anglès. Molt bon treball et felicito !

Great video! Would've loved if you went into the CNT-FAI though.

Nice video and great videos in general. What Editor do use btw? History is cool.

nice video! just missing the last 10 years, when plenty of stuff happened too! 👍

Jo visc a Barcelona, i vaig tenía molts problemes amb tot aixó, gracies per fer contingut en angles sobre catalunya

By "this man" you mean Lluís Companys. You found his picture, you might as well say who he was. Also I think the section on the Spanish Civil War needs to be expanded somewhat.

great video bro!!! please make a video on current issue in spain

the extra dutch clip just earned you a new sub XD

Please go ahead and make the second video, I would love to hear the perspective of an outsider that is not influenced by the current political situation...not a sarcastic comment by the way, I really would like to know.

Yeah follow up video please!

Pretty good video and much better than others on the subject. Yes a video on the current events would be helpful. A little nitpick: the music at the end was distracting.

Very good explanation of the situation. I find your pronunciation great and the music that you choose, very fitting. I would suggest a little less volume at the end (I couldn't hear your voice), and try to maintain the objectivity that you have achieved in this video. Good luck!

i'm a simple man, i see wilhelmus, i like

2:28 Not really. It was more of a dynastic union than other thing. The kingdoms had their own laws, taxation, official language, police... Also that flag is official since 1843, and was designed in the 1740s.

Thanks for this.

Hi im from catalonia, im not positiones in this political issue though. I appreciate that people like you helps the rest of the world awareness and understanding of our current situation, congrats for the nice video and keep the good work. By the way your pronunciaton was okey so no worries.

Good video, but you really need to distinguish between calling the Spanish language “Spanish” and Castellano or Castilian in English because Spaniards especially Catalans are very sensitive to this. Man, you’ll get a tongue lashing or get corrected at least if you say speak Spanish to me instead of saying speak Castilian to me since a Catalan speaker, as well as the other minority languages, consider their own language “Spanish” as well. Just something to keep in mind. Also, historically Spanish wasn’t called Spanish until relatively recently in the modern era. It was referred specifically as Castellano. Hell, even in the Philippines, they still call it that.

You have to be careful with the flags you are using. The flag with the star is not official and called "estelada" which means "with star". It is literally a copy of the cuban flag, so it was not used until late 19 century. Therefore you made a mistake. Navarra was incorporated AFTER, Granada, not before. You said confusing. Philip V of the Bourbon House was accepted king of all Spain, but then Catalonia switch sides for the Habsbourg Charles. The 1640 events were important on that change. AGG the flags! Change them, they are almost all wrong. Catalonia was NEVER independent in the 20 century. They declare the independence in 1934 and lasted for 8h. The independence was not even a true independence because they said they were within the "Iberian Federation". Another mistake. Calonia was taken in february 1939 quite fast after the Ebro Battle of late 1938. There was no bombardement. Even the nacionalist troops were saluted (It is common to take winners side AFTER the war, just to be safe). You should have spoken about the civil war within the republicans in Catalonia. Calonia has now in 2017 more freedom, rights and self goberment than in 1931-39. For example, before the 1-O, Catalonia has more self goberment than Scotland. It is just false that Catalan languaje is not accepted.

Feels like a good basic explanation but fails hard on many details. Catalonia was never a self governed kingdom, and the language they speak did never define a nation. You can find other regions in Spain that used very similar variations of latin to Catalan, such as Valencia and Balearic Islands. In fact, because of this language connection, some catalan independentists claim those regions should also be part of what they call "Paisos Catalans" which is a complete nonsense without any historical support (and also refused by the inhabitants of the other regions). Something you also didn't mention is that Catalonian people voted in favor of a constitutional referendum in 1978, which defined them as an autonomous region, gave Catalan the same level of importance as Castillian (Spanish) in their region, and a level of self government no other european region (except some other Spanish ones) can compare to. This same constitution that was voted back then stated that this country model could not be undone unless it was voted by the whole country, which is the main point now. The very basic reason why some Catalonians want independence is because it has become a wealthier region in average. They believe separating from the rest of Spain will increase their income since they won't have to share it with lower income regions. It's not about self government, freedom, democracy or language, since that's all more than guaranteed.

Why is there a gold-purple-gold banner being some of the images...? I know there was purple once in a Spanish flag...which is glorious, and I see you've coloured Catalonia/Aragorn purple too, but is there a real connection with Catalonia??

I love Spain, I have basque and galician roots , long live to Spain

I was looking for a descent history of Catalonia, and then my favourite channel goes and makes a video about it. Could I ask for anything better?

Yes, please, talk more about the current situation in Catalonia.

Hi Hilbert. I'm fascinated by accents. Where are you from? SE England? Have you a parent from South Dublin?

Love Catalonia! ❤

Viva la unidad de Espana! Desde Rumania!

Fantastic video! Please prepare a video also about the reasons underlying the resistance of Spaniards to Catalonian independence: is that solely for issues of power and money, or do they have some reasonable, moral arguments?

Do a video about the current situation, I woukld be very interested as a Croatian lifelong Spanish resident (currently quite sad about the situation) just now living quite far away from the hotspot but still concerned about it. I just hope dialogue wins in any case, which apparently is not towards where the situation is developing

As a Catalan, I can guarantee you that this problem isn't as easy as it seems. The problem is not with Spain itself, but with the corrupt politicians of the pp party, which now have been ruling Spain for more than 5 years, driving it further into disaster. Although this thought radicalised rapidly throughout the last years, turning it into a general hate against Spain. I've been living for 12 years now in Barcelona, I was born here, I was raised here and I left when I was 12 years old. I can assure you totally that it isn't as dramatic as it may seem. In Barcelona, in fact in Catalonia as whole, wealth never disappeared, not even during the years of the great crisis. It's still one of the wealthiest(if not the most) of Spain, and it's due to(among other things) the geographic location, the proportionally higher population, the industrial centres, and of course, Barcelona. It's very sad that in the moments like now, when we should be united against the real problems, some people just ignore the facts and want (as always) a extreme, fast, and efficient solution, like the declaration of independence from Spain, which as we all are often told, will make things considerably better. I don't want to disappoint you, but this is just a mere, big, fat lie. It's based on both left and right-wing rethoric, which has been used for decades, in order to transform the Catalan people into a 'Last bastion of civilization in the Iberian peninsula',which is just extremely ridiculous. In Catalonia one can live very very good, in one of the most wealthy regions, of one of the most wealthy countries on this planet.

As a Scot who strives for independence, long live Catalonia!

Welp, you just got a new subscriber. :)

Aragon ruled the Kingdom of Naples (with different names at different times - Sicily, Two Sicilies) and, as such, Catalan is close to Neapolitan. I would suppose Aragonese would be also. When I took "Italian" classes at a community college, the instructor was Neapolitan which was fortunate for me. I was heading to Southern Italy to reconnect with family after a hundred-year absence, my great-grandparents having left in 1892, so it worked out perfectly. Turned out my Barcelona trip greatly benefited too as I was able to understand what was being said. Unfortunately, the reverse was not true; my attempts to communicate using Neapolitan was universally met with a question "Are you sure you're speaking Neapolitan?" and the Castillian I learned decades ago did not help. LOL. However, the pitiful excuse for French that I conjured up (having studied that language decades earlier) actually worked. So I listened in Catalan and spoke some weird version of French/American English mix. When I return later this year, I am sufficiently incompetent in all those languages now to garner a lot of puzzled faces - "Really? You want to eat a shoe?" Which will be all the more fun as I will be teaching student doctors!!

The name Catalonia has an Arabic origin and is hung from the word Qetal, which means fight. Because there is no letter Q (ق) in Latin languages, it was replaced by the letter C, so Qetal became cetal and pronounced Ketal. As for Cataloni, it means they killed me. And if we convert it to the name of a country in the Arabic language, we must add the suffix a or the suffix ah to become Cataloniah ,Katalonia , Qatalonia or Catalonia Greetings to you from the Arab Republic of Egypt

Aragón was a confederation with the main city being Barcelona. Catalans had the political leadership and lead also the Mediterranean expansion. That´s why Aragon has the coats of arms of the Counts of Barcelona.

Mooie video man

Nice video! The yellow background wasn't very smart in some cases tho. Still thumbs up and subscribed :) en misschien kun je wat doen over Friesland :))

Would love to hear more about the spanish side of this argument. Seems like everyone is pro-catalon (understandable because police brutality) but I'd still like to hear both sides

7:13 sorry but not true at all, as a spaniard and a valencian (we speak valencian which is practically catalan) in Spain we dont mind that catalans have their own language, basques have theirs, galicians too...I have never met anyone, and I know very right wing, independence-opposed people, who wants catalans to speak only spanish. The truth is, thanks to some catalan politicians, it's more the other way round. In Catalonia you can be fined if the name of your business is not in catalan. Children in public schools cannot choose spanish as their first language, even though it is the mother tongue of 50 per cent of the population. It's easy to judge from the outside, especially seeing what happened on Sunday, but things are not black and white.

More of this Please in detail and Update d for what might happen nxt Year! Pretty PLEASE!! 😁🤗🤓

thanks mate!

Hey, so I'm Catalan, and wanted to give some of my insight on this. From where I see it, the wish of independence and the feeling of alienation of the Catalans has been broiling throughout history, due to the repression of their culture. When the democracy arrived, this manifested itself in the form of the nationalist parties, whose political interest revolves around ideas of independence and cultural preservation (these parties exist for regions like Galicia, Catalonia and País Vasco, which wave their own language and folkloric background)... And fair enough, but I never liked the modern independence movement... It looks like a very aimless, passion driven political force to me. I've grown up and studied in Catalonian regions, and I have experienced the indoctrination that some (a fair amount) of the teachers perpetrated in their classes (Catalan language was the greatest hornet nest). In these regions, people with traditional backgrounds have been carrying these feelings for a long time, and its not rare to see them manifest these political drives. In fact, this nationalist mindset is very attached to the culture itself. Of course, these people have played their cards well, making sensationalistic videos in which they are shown as victims of a tyrannic state, sending out pictures of the police brutality they suffered, etc... But DON'T FALL FOR THIS, its a propaganda strategy. Police force was sent in because the local police of those regions (mossos d'esquadra) were wilfully opposing their duties in favor of the nationalist ideology, and so external forces were required. By the way, these "mossos" are no saints, in fact they are fairly well known for their brutality, and there WAS violence on their side too, but of course the ideologues won't show you that. They are not victims, they are manipulators. If you want to see a BLATANT piece of propaganda on these people's part, watch this. They even took some time off to make it in English! I mean, look at how they talk, like there is some sort of civil war...Very sneaky: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a8mpgoAdJN8.html I've never been attracted to this movement, in fact I despise it. I've been standing their indoctrination throughout my childhood, and know bullshit when I see it, BUT I personally don't oppose a democratic process to be held in their interest.

It was a good an neutral review of the situation. The reason the kingdom of Aragon and hence Catalonia suported the Hapbsburg in the Sucesion wars was because they promised to keep the status quo, the rights, laws and privileges. However the Borbon (french house) won the war, they wanted to unite the country and abolish the ”old situation”. The regions that belonged to the Kingdom of Aragon (not only Catalonia) lost their rights, laws and privileges. It is true but is more of an excuse than a reason for independence. The real reason is as always money. Catalonia is one of the most industrialized parts of Spain (financed by the central government) and decided that they are better off of all the burdens of paying taxes and supporting other regions.

Have you considered collaborating with Althisthub or Mr.Z?

Do a video on the Basque Country, it's such an interesting place.

Please make more content about Catalonia!

Aaaah...once again I go: (Sorry if my English is so poor) Aragon and Castile wasn't a united kingdom until the establishment of the Borbonic monarchy after the war of spanish sucession. before this, both kingdoms were ruled by the same king but they maintained their own different institutions. In the kingdom of Castile the monarch had a huge power but in the Crown of Aragon his power was limited, Aragon had a structure similar to a federation(not only Catalonia was special, as this video says, also Valencia and the Mediterranean territories). Navarre became a viceroyalty inside the Kingdom of Castile. The Habsburgs maintained that medieval system all the time of their monarchy. When in the beginning of the 18th century Charles II(the last Habsburg in Spain)died with no descendancy, his sister had married with the king of France Louis XIV Bourbon and they claimed the throne of Spain for his grandson Philip Bourbon but Charles(other Habsburg relative of Austria)claimed the throne for himself because he was a true Habsburg, the war of spanish sucession began. It was a international and internal conflict: in the peninsula Castile and Navarre supported the French candidate, because of he wanted brought centralist system to Spain, and Aragon supported the Austrian candidate because of he wanted maintained the same system of the previous Habsburgs. France lost the international war but won in the peninsula. Spain had to give it European territories to the winners but the Bourbons had settled in the Spanish throne and punished Aragon with a new decree("Decretos de nueva planta")that forced it to accept the same laws as Castile. However, Navarre maintained their own institutions until the liberal reforms of the 19th century that sought the legal unification of the country and the traditional life way of Navarre came into danger, produced a new cycle of wars: the carlist wars.

Your pronunciation is quite good actually. Where are you from?

Do a video on current situation plsx

I've been to the Spanish part and the french part of Catalonia and they are a lot of support for independence.

That map of Spain is not very good. The yellow ocean and yellow land is somewhat difficult to see.

Catalan language has not decreased because of laws that were approved in the past century, it's mainly because 70% of the population of Cataluña, are from outside of Cataluña (Most of them from other regions of Spain), so that's why Spanish language it's the most used language in the region. About the dictatorship, it's false that you were banned from speaking Catalan, they banned Catalan as an official language of the administration, but you could read books in Catalan and speak it. And it's also false that a lot of people in Spain say that Catalan shouldn't be an official language, most of them are happy to have both official languages in the region.

Hmm, that Alternate History guy sure has an appealing art style. I know, let's rip it off! (Not that I actually care, still a good video)

Actually Ferdinand of Aragon was also castillian, in fact Ferdinand and Isabella were both from the same noble family, the Trastamara. The truth turning point in the history of Spain was 1411 when Saint Vincent of Valencia endorsed a Castillian King for the Aragon Crown.

jugospaña

music volume got a tad distracting in the second half. gr8 vid tho, cheers!

Spaniard here. It's not that the majority of Spaniards are against Catalan independence, we are against the illegal ways that they apply to do it. I wouldn't mind if Catalonia got independent as long as it's in the limits of the law and is democratically guaranteed. Right now, with this whole show, Catalan separatists are taking Catalan Unionists with them on this crazy ride without them having a say in it. BTW, about your last bit of the video. Never have I heard a Spaniard say that the Catalan language shouldn't be talked in Catalonia. Where did you get that information from?

Cody from AlternateHistoryHub is that you?

Do U know what a Democracy is? In a Democracy the people vote the laws (like New England town halls). With a Republic, elected representatives vote the laws. do you no err by saying Spain became a democracy after Franco?

Spain is one and united. Every country has a region who wants to detach itself. They never even think of consequences political and economical

why not state the years these events took place? You said Sept 11th but of what year?