Vençuda però no submisa

A history book about the Catalan 18th century by one of today's great historians. A new overview of the century.The image we have of the Catalan eighteenth century, once the secular institutions of government were abolished in 1714, is that of 100 years without politics, characterized by an important economic development that facilitated the accommodation of the ruling groups to the Bourbon regime. However, this book shows that, despite the repression and chronic mistrust on the part of the military and the authorities, Catalans continued to dissent and protest, demanded alternatives to absolutism and did not lose the memory of their freedoms. The historian Joaquim Albareda therefore offers a new overview of the century that dismantles many clichés.