Regionalist League of Catalonia ( ca, Lliga Regionalista de Catalunya, ; 1901–1936) was a

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political party of

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. It had a

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, and

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ideology. Notable members of the party were

Enric Prat de la Riba Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà (; 29 November 1870 – 1 August 1917) was a Catalan politician, lawyer and writer. He was a member of the , where one of the earliest definitions of Catalan nationalism was formulated. He became the first Pr ...

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, Agustí Riera i Pau, Joan Ventosa and Ramon d'Abadal i Calderó. The League's press organ was the ''

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'' newspaper (1899–1936).

History

The Regionalist League began with the merger of two political groups, the Unió Regionalista and the

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, thanks to the triumph of the "four presidents" candidacy in 1901. This candidacy was formed by Sebastià Torres, Albert Rusiñol, Bartomeu Robert and

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. Between 1901 and 1923, with few exceptions, it was the dominant catalanist political party. In 1914, it gained the creation of the first common administration of Catalonia since 1833, the

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(''Mancomunitat de Catalunya''), led by Enric Prat de la Riba and

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, both from the Lliga. After the Republic was established in 1931, and despite the loss of its hegemony to the new left-wing nationalist party

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(ERC), the Lliga accepted the new government, supported the first

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and changed its name to ''Lliga Catalana'' (Catalan League). After the restoration of the Catalan Government in 1936, the Lliga moved to more centrist positions, abandoning many of the parliamentary rhetoric against the Catalan left and accepting the Republic as the form of government of Spain. Although the Lliga did not support the rebellion of general Francisco Franco in

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in 1936, many of its activists collaborated with Franco's cause.''Foundations of national identity'' by Josep R. Llobera
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History

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