Corpus de Sang (1640)

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Corpus de Sang (1640) was a pivotal uprising in Barcelona during which Catalan rebels killed the Spanish viceroy, helping to ignite the broader Reapers' War against the Spanish monarchy.

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Corpus de Sang (1640) canonical 3
Corpus de Sangre de 1640 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
uprising
alsoKnownAs Bloody Corpus Christi
Corpus de Sangre
Corpus de Sangre uprising
cause economic and social strain from the Thirty Years' War
grievances over billeting of Castilian troops in Catalonia
tensions between Catalan institutions and the Spanish monarchy
commemoratedBy Catalan historical memory of the Reapers' War
conflict Reapers' War
country Monarchy of Spain
linked to: Spanish monarchy
date 1640-06-07
dayOfWeek Thursday
hasPartOf Reapers' War
hasTheme anti-centralization
peasant revolt
regional autonomy
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period
languageOfName Catalan
location Barcelona
Crown of Aragon
Principality of Catalonia
mainParticipants Catalan rebels
peasants from rural Catalonia
segadors (reapers)
namedAfter Feast of Corpus Christi
opposingForce Spanish monarchy
royal authorities of Philip IV of Spain
partOf Catalan Revolt
Reapers' War
perpetrators Catalan insurgents
politicalContext Count-Duke of Olivares' centralizing policies
rule of Philip IV of Spain
region Catalonia
relatedEvent Reapers' War
Thirty Years' War
result assassination of the Spanish viceroy of Catalonia
outbreak of the Reapers' War
linked to: Reapers' War

radicalization of Catalan revolt against Spanish rule
significance marked the beginning of open armed conflict in the Reapers' War
symbol of Catalan resistance to centralization by the Spanish monarchy
triggered severing of relations between Catalan institutions and Philip IV
victim Dalmau de Queralt, Count of Santa Coloma
victimRole Viceroy of Catalonia
year 1640

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Reapers' War significantEvent Corpus de Sang (1640)
Battle of Montjuïc (1641) precededBy Corpus de Sang (1640)
Corpus de Sang (7 June 1640) alsoKnownAs Corpus de Sangre de 1640
linked to: Corpus de Sang (1640)
War of the Reapers significantEvent Corpus de Sang (1640)