Catalan currency as an opportunity and symbol of self-governance: From the War of the Reapers to the Civil War

This article provides a brief overview of the role of Catalonia’s own currency from the War of the Reapers to the Spanish Civil War in an effort to point out how the exceptionalism of the conflicts spurred the development of Catalonia’s own currency, with the need for such currency coupled with the...

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Main Author: Albert Estrada-Rius
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Institut d'Estudis Catalans 2023-09-01
Series:Catalan Historical Review
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Online Access:https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/CHR/article/view/150614
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spellingShingle Albert Estrada-Rius
Catalan currency as an opportunity and symbol of self-governance: From the War of the Reapers to the Civil War
Catalan Historical Review
currency
paper money
obsidional coin
identity
self-governance
title Catalan currency as an opportunity and symbol of self-governance: From the War of the Reapers to the Civil War
title_full Catalan currency as an opportunity and symbol of self-governance: From the War of the Reapers to the Civil War
title_fullStr Catalan currency as an opportunity and symbol of self-governance: From the War of the Reapers to the Civil War
title_full_unstemmed Catalan currency as an opportunity and symbol of self-governance: From the War of the Reapers to the Civil War
title_short Catalan currency as an opportunity and symbol of self-governance: From the War of the Reapers to the Civil War
title_sort catalan currency as an opportunity and symbol of self governance from the war of the reapers to the civil war
topic currency
paper money
obsidional coin
identity
self-governance
url https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/CHR/article/view/150614
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