Download or read book Origins of Nation Building in the Iberian Peninsula written by James W. Cortada and published by You Lulu Incorporated. This book was released on 2007 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the origins of early regionalism in the Iberian Peninsula by describing the emergence of Catalonia as a distinct society and kingdom. It provides a political history of the region from the earliest times to 1035. It argues that political and social regionalism in Europe dates back by some two thousand years and that issues raised in the Middle Ages continue to affect modern Spanish politics.