Philip V banned the Catalan and Spanish imposed
Many holes are the Manipulated History of Catalonia.
The "Official History" found in the manuals High School, and informative books (1) show that Spanish Catalonia was imposed by a premeditated plan by calling for denationalization of Catalonia, and cite the example and start Decree New Plan of 1716, Philip V, who prohibited the use of Catalan.
Another myth. First, it did not prohibit the use of Catalan, but the Latin in the High Court. And secondly, the process of Castilianisation unbootable or strengthened in 1716, but it is a gradual process and not imposed started much earlier, in 1400, coinciding with the enthronement of Tratàmara, and continued slowly for other reasons.
So, first, if you read the Decree of Nueva Planta only found one article referring to the language: Article 5 which states: "The Causes of the Real Audiencia be substantiated in Spanish tongue." And this sentence is the only reference to the language found throughout the famous Decree of Philip V.
From this we can highlight the following:
- Until then, the language of the Royal Court was Latin (rather than Catalan) (notes 3, 4 and 5), so, as noted Macelo Capdeferro "as available is not discriminatory with the Catalan language, fear the simple Reason that, until entonces, las causas de la Real Audiencia in habian sustanciado in Latin tongue. Latino habitat is mantenido tongue as official diplomatic cancilleresca, legal and scientific. "
- This article refers only to the Royal Tribunal, an administrative body (so to speak, and simplifying, as "jutgats" today). Not prohibit their language in cultural, literary, economic, legal, family, etc..
- Fifty years later, it had issued orders specifically prohibiting the use of Latin (Latin again!) To the High Court, as the Orders dated 7 June 1768 and 11 January 1770 ( 5) which demonstrates the use of Latin in the High Court in 1716 even after the decree of Philip V, and the lack of realization of this Decree (required by the issuance of these orders explicitly prohibiting fifty years later Latin).
Second, we observe that the introduction of Spanish in Catalonia does not begin in 1716, but it is a gradual process that began with the enthronement of Trastàmara long before the fifteenth century, and continue with the absence of the Court in Barcelona (Riquer points to this absence as the cause of the Spanish Main) (6), and expanded the use of the printing press, the force of the literary market (largest Spanish than Catalan , etc.) ... Riquer also invokes other factors such as the conversion of the Spanish company in Italy, medievalism, lackluster life of the Catalan universities, own intrinsic character of Catalan humanism, etc..
And this process continued in the fifteenth century, the progressive Catalan bilingualism of many writers (William Torroella, Enrique de Villena, Frances Alegre, Romeo Llull Narcissus Vinyoles Fonollar Bernat Joan Ribelles Franks Moner Joan Escriva) and almost all of the Spanish Boscan, Timoneda, Ferrando Heredia, Milan, etc..
As currently scientists: they write in English so that their investigations have the widest possible dissemination.
That is the situation we find ourselves before the Decree of 1716 is already a strong presence of Spanish, a process that did not occur uniformly, nor imposed from the outside, but is explained by Catalan internal factors of order.
And that concludes the teacher as well Peña Díaz (UAB), during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries there was not any project Castilianising directed from the monarchy, but other causes were essentially internal, such as the economic motivations of printers books (which sold more copies printed in Spanish), the desire of the authors of the books reach a wider audience, and administrative ease. In addition, considering that the penetration level language was heavily influenced by social class
Well this is not explained to the children and young students from Catalonia. They were only tells a partial and consciously manipulated History (Spanish taxation, wars, invasions, etc.), full of hatred and desire for revenge, which creates confusion in our youth.