The Consell de Cent was a governmental institution of Barcelona

Barcelona

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. It was established in the 13th century and lasted until the 18th century.
Its name derives from the number of its members: one hundred (Catalan

Catalan language

Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

: cent).

In 1249, James I created the fundamental structure of the municipal government of Barcelona

Barcelona

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

: a board of advice of 4 members, helped by 8 counselors and an assembly of probi homines (leaders), all them members of the mà major (Catalan for senior hand, or the upper class formed by wealthy merchants).

After several modifications, by the year 1265, the municipal organization gained its more permanent structure: the municipal authority rested on 3 counselors elected by a Council of one hundred individuals.

In year 1335, Peter III the Ceremonious

Peter IV of Aragon

Peter IV, , called el Cerimoniós or el del punyalet , was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia and Corsica , King of Valencia , and Count of Barcelona Peter IV, (Balaguer, September 5, 1319 – Barcelona, January 6, 1387), called el Cerimoniós ("the Ceremonious") or el del punyalet ("the one...

 permitted the Consell de Cent to use the royal insignia of the four (red) bars

Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon

The so-called Bars of Aragon, Royal arms of Aragon, Four Bars, Red Bars, Pales of the House of Barcelona or Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon, which bear four red paletts on gold background, depicts the familiar coat of the Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon. It differs from the flag because...

.

The importance of the Consell de Cent is supported by many examples. For instance, in year 1464 it proclaimed Peter V of Aragon

Peter V of Aragon

Peter V of Aragon , Infante of Portugal, Constable of Portugal and Grand Master of the Order of Aviz.He was son of Infante Peter, Duke of Coimbra, and Isabella of Aragon, Countess of Urgel, and grandson of John I of Portugal.During the War Against John II, between 1463 and 1466 Peter was King of...

 (known as Peter the Constable of Portugal) as count of Barcelona

Barcelona

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. Another example is the rejection by the Consell de Cent of Martin the Humane

Martin I of Aragon

Martin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409...

's foundation on January 10, 1401 of the General Medical School

University of Barcelona

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 in Barcelona with the same prerogatives as the University of Montpellier

University of Montpellier

The University of Montpellier was a French university in Montpellier in the Languedoc-Roussillon région of the south of France. Its present-day successor universities are the University of Montpellier 1, Montpellier 2 University and Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III.-History:The university...

, because they felt this encroached on their municipal jurisdiction. This ultimately led to the creation of the University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

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 in 1450.

The Consell de Cent was abolished by Philip V of Spain

Philip V of Spain

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 with the Decretos de Nueva Planta upon his occupation of Barcelona after the Siege of Barcelona

Siege of Barcelona

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 in 1714.

A main street

Street

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 in the city of Barcelona

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, the Carrer(Calle) Consell de Cent, is named after this institution (Pre-1978, Calle Consejo de Ciento).