Robert Hughes Quotes

Barcelona Has Always Been More A City Of Capital And Labor Than Of Nobility And Commoners; Its Democratic Roots Are Old And Run Very Deep. Its Medieval Charter Of Citizens' Rights, The Usatges, Grew From A Nucleus Which Antedated The Magna Carta By More Than A Hundred Years. Its Government, The Consell De Cent (Council Of One Hundred), Had Been The Oldest Protodemocratic Political Body In Spain.

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