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Is there a good summary of why this is happening -- what the complaints and issues are, etc?

• falsedan 9y ago
  wikipedia.org/en/Catalonia Spain, like all nation-states descended from medieval feudal states, is a conglomeration of multiple distinct regions with individual histories.
  • cjalmeida 9y ago
    Except for a brief period in 1600s, Catalonia was never a sovereign entity. If it weren't for a Catalan language revival in the 20th century as a response to Franco's dictatorship, it's claim to independence from a historical perspective has even less weight than Venice's.
    • flukus 9y ago
      There were also part of the Crown of Aragon for quite a while: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Aragon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Aragon
    • falsedan 9y ago
      > Venice lol ok These regions still had self-governance far in excess to the equivalent nowadays. Being a vassal state to a title is pretty unrestrictive: you had to raise levies, pay a tithe, and not lose the province to a rival claim. Nobles were free to set taxes and laws as they pleased.