gq: The decline of Catalan continued in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Catalan defeat in the War of Spanish Succession (1714) initiated a series of measures imposing the use of Spanish in legal documentation.
Question: What declined in the 16th and 17th centuries? Question: Who was defeated in the War of Spanish Succession? Question: Where did Catalan experience defeat? Question: What did the war in 1714 mandate as the proper language in documentation? Question: When was the war of Spanish Succession?