Talk:Treaty of the Pyrenees

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Augé, C. Nouveau Petit Larousse (1934), under the "Flandre Française" entry in the History and Geography section, gives the date of the French annexation of the present department of Nord as 1668, under the treaty of Aix la Chapelle (Aachen). Its entry concerning the Treaty of the Pyrenees makes no mention of anything which might relate to Flanders. (RJP 11:26, 11 May 2005 (UTC))

[edit] Consequences for whom?

I think this paragraphs should be in another article, about French Catalonia: A royal French decree on April 2, 1700 (applied on May 1), forbade Catalan language usage in any kind of official act. Since then, French continues to be the only official language and the only one used in public education. Recently, the French Constitution has been modified, and the statement la langue de la République est le français (French is the language of the Republic) was added in its second article. This is often referred in order to deny subventions to civic and cultural movements, or for refusing Catalan language presence in administration. Every year on November 7, Catalanists remember this event and demonstrate in Perpinyà. I mean, Catalonia's partition was not the biggest change of lands, nor the biggest loss. --85.48.101.69 02:23, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry: it totally escapes me why you think this would not be relevant to this article. - Jmabel | Talk 21:47, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Err... because events in 1700 do not relate with the Treaty of the Pyrenees, maybe? As far as I know, there was not any clause in the Treaty which said: "And 41 years later H.M. the King of France will forbade catalan language in the French Rosillon". It is relevant to the history of the region, or Catalonia, or France, or Catalan language & culture, of course... but this paragraph do not belong here. --85.48.107.216 18:08, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Seems to me to be relevant because they were apparently a violation of this very treaty. Why would the breaking of a treaty not be relevant to an article on the treaty? - Jmabel | Talk 18:44, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Because the French Constitution wasn't born form the Treaty, nor France regional organization. And while it seems "apparently" is not "really", and in the Wikipedia we should wrote about proven facts. If you can show that Pyrenees' Treaty leaded to | 1958 French Constitution, go ahead. If not... then we should find a way to re-write the article, shouldn't we? --85.48.107.216 18:05, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Where on earth to we get to the Constitution of 1958? We are talking about events in 1700, when the signing of the treaty was within living memory. - Jmabel | Talk 03:28, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

What about "Since then, French continues to be the only official language and the only one used in public education. Recently, the French Constitution has been modified, and the statement la langue de la République est le français (French is the language of the Republic) was added in its second article. This is often referred in order to deny subventions to civic and cultural movements, or for refusing Catalan language presence in administration. Every year on November 7, Catalanists remember this event and demonstrate in Perpinyà."? That DO mention 1958 French Constitution, unless "Recently" means "in 1700". Now it's up to you explaining why an article about a 1649 treaty should talk about the political situation three centuries before. 85.48.107.216 14:50, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

1958 material should be dropped. But it still doesn't mean the 1700 material should be, too. - Jmabel | Talk 05:07, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Alright, that seems fair to me. Still, I fail to see why this article is placed under "Catalan culture". There was a world outside Catalonia which was affected by the Pyrenees' Treaty... And the map is not very NPOV, since it shows a "Catalonia" apart from Spain, when the Rossillion partition took place because Catalonia was part of the Spanish Monarchy (Spain). --85.48.102.179 03:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Catalan template

Recommend inclusion. Provides background/history and other applicable wikilinks. No consensus for tonight's deletion. Ronbo76 01:30, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for not having used the talk page at the time of removing the template. I guess here I can explain my reasons much better than in the short edit summary:

1.- The treaty of the Pyrenees did not deal only with Catalan-related topics, it was an international treaty between Spain and France which ceded France territories in present day Northern France and Flanders. Also those in "Catalunya Nord". Hence, if the Catalan speaking template was to be displayed: why not the ones of History of France and History of Spain? Those would actually fit better the article but they would make it look rather messy, that is why I am for no template in the article at all.

2.- The article is already (over)focused enough in the Catalan history by means of the Consquences for Catalonia section. This particular focus could be discussed, myself I don't have a problem with it. Still, if to that we also add the template, it looks like the Treaty of the Pyrenees was a mostly Catalan-related thing, which, by all accounts, was not.

3.- The Catalan speaking template is too wide (both literally and in contents). 95% of its content has nothing to do with this article. A template with the history of the Catalonia could make sense here, but not this one.

4.- Finally, there is a estetic reason to remove it: it sucks too much space (with unrelated info).

Hope now I have explained myself better. Thanks. Mountolive | Talk 01:57, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Disagree. No consensus for deletion. Ronbo76 02:28, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Would you please elaborate a bit more, like I did? Mountolive | Talk 02:40, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I think Ronbo76 explained his position. I, too, oppose the deletion. Morenooso 11:27, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the removal. This template includes links to Valencia, Balearic Islands, Alghero, Andorra, Tio de Nadal or Caganer, which are in NO WAY related to this treaty. Same problem has araise before (see Crown of Aragon, and the solution (by an admin) has been to create more specific templates. Therefore, the template should be removed. --Maurice27 20:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)