Editing Tarragona (section)

===From the demise of the Roman empire to the Union of Spain===
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After the demise of the [[Western Roman Empire]], the city was captured by the [[Vandals]] and the [[Visigoths]]. The [[Visigothic Kingdom]]'s rule of Tarracona was ended by the [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania]] in 714. It was an important border city of the [[Caliphate of Córdoba]] between 750 and 1013. After the demise of the Caliphate, it was part of the [[Taifa of Zaragoza]] between 1013 and 1110 and under the control of the [[Almoravid dynasty]] between 1110 and 1117. It was taken by the [[County of Barcelona]] in 1117. From 1129 to 1173 Tarragona was the capital of the short lived [[Principality of Tarragona]], under the [[Normans|Norman]]-influence. After the dynastic union of [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]] and [[County of Barcelona|Barcelona]], it was part of the [[Principality of Catalonia]] within the [[Crown of Aragon]] from 1164 to 1714. After dynastic union of [[Aragon]] and the [[Crown of Castile]], it remained a part of the Crown of Aragon until the foundation of the [[Spanish Empire]] in 1516.

During the [[Reapers' War]], Tarragona was captured by Catalan insurgents with French support in 1641, but it was retaken by Spanish troops in 1644. It was captured by allied Portuguese, Dutch, and British troops in 1705 during the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] and remained in their hands until the [[Treaty of Utrecht]] in 1713. During the war, the Catalans supported the unsuccessful claim of [[Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen]] against the victorious [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] [[Counts and dukes of Anjou#Dukes of Anjou|Duke of Anjou]], who became [[Philip V of Spain]]. He signed the [[Nueva Planta decrees]], which abolished the [[Crown of Aragon]], as well as the Catalan institutions and prohibited the administrative use of Catalan language on 16 January 1716.