Castilian nationalism

Sculpture of Count Fernán González of Castile on the Arco de Santa María, González was the first autonomous .

Castilian nationalism, or "Castilianism" (Spanish: Castellanismo), is a political movement that advocates for the national recognition of Castile, and in some cases, its independence.

Some Castilian nationalists defend the traditions and values from the rebels of the Castilian War of the Communities, so they call themselves "comuneros". Some of them also contend for the union of the present-day Spanish Autonomous Communities of Cantabria, Castile and León, Castile-La Mancha, La Rioja and Madrid.

April 23 is commemorated as Castilian National Day after the defeat of the comuneros at the Battle of Villalar, in 1521.

United Castile[]

Maximum territory claimed by Castilian nationalists.

United Castile or the Great Castile are political concepts used by some branches of the Castilian nationalism to define a geographic space considered to be the political territory of Castile and its jurisdiction. Some Castilian nationalists aspire to unify and merge the Spanish autonomous regions of Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Madrid and La Rioja into a single united territory called Castile. They consider all this territory to be their national motherland and also consider the current situation of political division to be unfair and erroneous. Castilian nationalism claims that Castile be declared Historic nationality within the political and regional framework of Spain and Madrid be the Capital city of the new unified territory. Castilian nationalism though doesn't have a wide support among the population of any of the claimed areas.

Within this proposal, there are two different political currents:

The regionalist current that claims that Castile be one region more within the regional framework of Spain.
The nationalist current that claims that Spain must convert into a confederation and let the Great Castile be a differentiated nation within a democratic and plural Spanish confederation. This political movement refers to this by speaking about the reconstruction of the motherland and lays claim to other territories which formed part of the historic Castile but they now belong to other Spanish regions.

Some movements with ethnicist bias have recently appeared, however they remain insignificant and minority within the political regional outlook of Spain.

Symbols[]

Flag of Castile and León that is used by Castilian nationalists.
Flag of Castile used prior to the granting of autonomy to Castile and León, it is used by proponents of a united Castile and Castilian nationalists.
A purple version of a flag of Castile.
A flag of Castile used by supporters of the Castilian Left.

Current political parties[]

Castilian Left
Tierra Comunera
Castilian Party
Ahora Castilla

External links[]

(in Spanish) El hecho nacional castellano Discussion about Castilian nationalism.
(in Spanish) Castellano y no Español - Nationalist writing about the names given to the Spanish language.
(in Spanish) Villalar de los Comuneros - Castilian National Day celebration
(in Spanish) Yesca - Left-wing youth organization
(in Spanish) Castilla y su cultura, desde el siglo IX al XXI Royal Spanish Association of Official Chroniclers. On the formation and development of the historical, political and cultural personality of Castile.

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Note: Forms of nationalism based primarily on ethnic groups are listed above. This does not imply that all nationalists with a given ethnicity subscribe to that form of ethnic nationalism.

Castilian nationalism

Contents

United Castile[]

Symbols[]

Current political parties[]

See also[]

External links[]

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