Editing Zaragoza (section)

===Early modern history===
An outbreak of [[bubonic plague]] decimated the city in 1564.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Zaragoza 1564. El año de la peste|first=Fco. José|last=Alfaro Pérez|location=Zaragoza|publisher=Institución Fernando el Católico|year=2019|isbn=978-84-9911-570-2|url=https://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/38/01/_ebook.pdf|page=19}}</ref> It reportedly killed about 10,000 people out of an estimated population of 25–30,000.{{Sfn|Alfaro Pérez|2019|p=61}}
[[File:Vista de Zaragoza en 1647.jpg|thumb|upright=2.3|center|''View of Zaragoza'' (1647) by [[Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo]]]]
In the context of the 1701–1714 [[War of the Spanish Succession]], the city rose in arms in favour of the [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Charles]], who was proclaimed "King of Aragon" in the city on 29 June 1706, following the uprising of other parts of the Kingdom of Aragon in December 1705.{{Sfn|Monreal Casamayor|2017|p=24, 28}} Charles entered the city in July 1706, directing the attack on those places of Aragon that had sided with the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] faction such as [[Borja, Zaragoza|Borja]] or the [[Cinco Villas, Aragon|Cinco Villas]].<ref name=ibdes>{{Cite book|title=La Guerra de Sucesión en Ibdes y su comarca. Una villa privilegiada en la aplicación de los decretos de Nueva Planta<!--|pages=161–189-->|url=https://ifc.dpz.es/recursos/publicaciones/31/07/6sucesionibdes.pdf|publisher=Institución Fernando el Católico|location=Zaragoza|pages=175–176}}</ref> Following the [[Battle of Almansa|April 1707 battle at Almansa]], the tide turned with the ''Austracist'' forces fleeing in disarray, and the Bourbon forces commanded by the [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans|Duke of Orléans]] entering the city on 26 May 1707.{{Sfn|Bonell Colmenero|2010|p=22}} As he seized control of the kingdom, he began to enact the series of institutional reforms known as the [[Nueva Planta decrees|Nueva Planta]], abolishing the Aragonese institutions in favour of the Castilian ones.{{Sfn|Bonell Colmenero|2010|p=22}} The war turned around again in 1710 after the [[Battle of Almenar]], and, following another [[Battle of Saragossa|Bourbon defeat near Zaragoza on 20 August 1710]], Archduke Charles returned to the city on the next day.<ref name=ibdes /> This was for only a brief period, though, as following the entry of Philip V in Madrid and the ensuing [[Battle of Villaviciosa]] in December 1710, the Habsburg armies fled from Zaragoza in haste in December 1710 and [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]] proceeded to consolidate his rule over the kingdom of Aragon, resuming administrative reforms after a period of institutional void.{{Sfn|Armillas|Pérez|2004|p=268}}

An important [[food riot]] caused by the high price of bread and other [[necessity good]]s{{Sfn|Monterde Albiac|1999|pp=221–222}} took place in the city in April 1766, the so-called {{Lang|es|motín de los broqueleros}}, named after the repressive agents, volunteer farmers and craftsmen who wielded swords and [[buckler]]s ({{Lang|es|broqueles}}).{{Sfn|Monterde Albiac|1999|p=222}} The repression left about 300 wounded, 200 detainees and 8 deaths and it was followed by 17 public executions, and an indeterminate number of killings at the dungeons of the [[Aljafería]].{{Sfn|Armillas Vicente|1989|pp=242–243}}