![]() ![]() ![]() Their political history is one long rebuke to the dominant ideology of Europe: that of the nation-state that subsumes and represses cultural differences within it. Catalans have always waxed lyrical over their medieval defiance of kingship and railed against 'centralism' rule by Madrid. The Catalans' sense of otherness the separation, cultural and institutional, from the rest of Spain comes through loud and clear in the oath of allegiance their leaders swore to the Aragonese kings in the 15th century. The Knights Code of Chivalry and the legends of King Arthur and Camelot The ideals described in the Code of Chivalry were emphasised by the oaths and vows that were sworn in the Knighthood ceremonies of the Middle Ages and Medieval era. Jim Bennett (author of The Anglosphere Challenge) found this in Barcelona, by Robert Hughes, who wrote: The medieval knightly system had a religious, moral, and social code dating back to the Dark Ages. Provided you observe all our liberties and laws, Oath of Fealty of the Aragonese Lords to their Monarch an illustration of medieval constitutionalism The feudal system was based on a kind of protection system (or even protection racket). Catalan sense of otherness, of separation. Historians refer to that social and political system as 'feudalism' or 'the feudal system,' a hierarchical, class-based structure in which kings, lords, and priests ruled over the vast majority of the population: peasants. Barcelona's charter of citizens' rights - precedes Magna Carta. conscious of historys oppressions, may well wonder whether the medieval. limits, limitation, of power, limited government. a loyalty oath or completing a loyalty affidavit as a condition of employ. Oath of Fealty of the Aragonese Lords to their Monarch ![]()
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