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Juan Cortada & José de Manjarrés with Josefina Roma (1848). El libro verde de Barcelona. Añalejo de costumbres populares, fiestas religiosas y profanas, usos familiares, efemérides de los sucesos mas notables acaecidos en Barcelona. Barcelona: Sauri. [Private collection: GBS OCR too poor to use.] [more]
James I concedes to Barcelona the privilege of being able to choose eight councillors and two hundred prominent men to take responsibility for political government.
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Wikipedia says the Consell de Cent was actually constituted in 1249 and had only 100 members.