History of Navarre for boys and girls

Written by Santxiko Rota, a member of http://www.EstadoPropioNavarro.com, very educational, published in http://www.izaronews.com.

Many years ago there was a kingdom called on Europe Navarre, unique institutions, based on the right Pyrenees, with border and customs to enter and leave its territory with its own currency, flag and even ambassadors stationed in the courts of the principal European countries, representing the Kingdom diplomatically. It was an independent country and even a different language, a wise king called “Lingua Navarrorum.”

Since the origin of his historic journey Navarre was geographically situated between two of the great powers of that time. These powerful neighbors were devoted to attacking the State Navarre, harass, steal land routes and even seaports, with tragic consequences for its people. Around 1200, the Castilians invaded the land we now call Bizkaia, Alava and Gipuzkoa, and placed under the administration of the occupier. But even before, in 1054, they had snatched the current Rioja.

Mal than good, the kingdom of Navarre remained survived the threat from its neighbours and wars, until in 1512 was invaded by troops from a Duke of bad shadow, which still named in the Netherlands to frighten children and send them to bed, a foreign army of bad shadows come from the south, which unfortunately came with the intention of staying.

Because of this military invasion, Navarre was cut, split into two parts: the north of the Pyrenees, where he failed to enter the Castilians, the Kings continued to live legitimate, Juan de Albret and Catalina de Foix, in a territory which was subsequently the admiration of the world, said William Shakespeare. Navarre was at that time a hotbed cultural intense envy of the entire West. The land south of the Pyrenees became illegal domain Spanish, by force of arms. Although Navarre tried to regain the occupied part, with the lifting and the complicity of many oppressed Navarre, attempts had a fatal outcome. In the battle of Noain killing more than 5,000 Navarre. Thinking of them, when you have doubts about sois.

While Navarre occupied by this foreign army, which had no ability to negotiate, the Castilians imposed a “pact”. This “agreement” was that the territory of Navarre, where did centuries lived, worked and defended the people vascón, became a viceroyalty of the crown of Castile, such as Mexico, Peru or any other colony of that empire.

The part of the territory which was north of the Pyrenees remained a sovereign country for about 100 years, until some covenants under a wedding and the king of Navarre was crowned King of France. Despite the Navarre, the old kingdom was dissolved without being able to prevent it in a much larger French State and strange.

The Navarre, scattered in realms outside, survived without resign themselves to his disappearance, manages some laws that enabled them to root Pyrenees, but vanquished, maintain their customs and usages. The jurisdictions. About 150 years ago, during the wars Carlists, the faction that harm than good defended the Fueros was defeated and Navarre was reduced to the status of province of the empire. Missing his former title of kingdom, but were conquered. At last the Castilians did away with the little he had left sovereignty, and began to step erase from the minds of the townspeople any memory of an independent and sovereign country that one day meant the name of Navarre.