Editing Andorra (section)

===16th to 18th centuries===
[[File:Tribunal_de_Corts_d%27Andorra.JPG|right|thumb|Main hall of [[#Law and criminal justice|Tribunal de Corts]] (High Court of Justice) inside [[Casa de la Vall]], the central Judiciary Court of Andorra]]
In 1601 the [[#Law and criminal justice|Tribunal de Corts]] (High Court of Justice) was created as a result of [[Huguenot rebellions]] in [[Early modern France|France]], [[Spanish Inquisition|Inquisition]] courts coming from [[Habsburg Spain|Spain]] and [[Catalan mythology about witches|witchcraft-related beliefs native to the area]], in the context of the [[Reformation]] and [[Counter-Reformation]].{{sfn|Llop Rovira|1998|pp=44, 45, 47, 48, 50}}{{sfn|Guillamet Anton|2009|pp = 108, 109}}{{sfn|Armengol Aleix|2009|pp = 238, 239}}

With the passage of time, the co-title to Andorra passed to the kings of [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]]. After [[Henry IV of France|Henry III of Navarre]] became [[king of France]], he issued an edict in 1607 that established the head of the French state and the bishop of Urgell as [[Co-Princes of Andorra]], a political arrangement that still holds.

During 1617, communal councils form the sometent (popular militia or army) to deal with the rise of bandolerisme ([[brigandage]]) and the Consell de la Terra was defined and structured in terms of its composition, organisation and competences current today.{{sfn|Llop Rovira|1998|pp=44, 45, 47, 48, 50, 53, 54, 56}}

Andorra continued with the same economic system that it had during the 12th–14th centuries with a large production of metallurgy (fargues, a system similar to Farga Catalana) and with the introduction of tobacco circa 1692 and import trade. In 1371 and 1448, the co-princes ratified the fair of Andorra la Vella, the most important annual national festival commercially ever since.{{sfn|Llop Rovira|1998|p=14}}{{sfn|Llop Rovira|1998|p=15}}{{sfn|Guillamet Anton|2009|p = 134}}
[[File:Building_in_Ordino._Andorra_216.jpg|right|thumb|[[Manor house]] of the Rossell family in [[Ordino]], [[Casa Rossell]], built in 1611. The family also owned the largest ironwork forges in Andorra as Farga Rossell and Farga del Serrat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bondia.ad/cultura/390000-euros-rehabilitar-lexterior-i-obrir-els-jardins-de-la-casa-rossell|title=390.000 euros per rehabilitar l'exterior i obrir els jardins de la Casa Rossell – BonDia Diari digital d'Andorra.|work=BonDia Diari digital d'Andorra. |date=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809133417/http://www.bondia.ad/cultura/390000-euros-rehabilitar-lexterior-i-obrir-els-jardins-de-la-casa-rossell|archive-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>]]
The country had a unique and experienced guild of weavers, Confraria de Paraires i Teixidors, in [[Escaldes-Engordany]]. Founded in 1604, it took advantage of the local thermal waters. By this time, the country was characterised by the social system of prohoms (wealthy society) and casalers (rest of the population with smaller economic acquisition), deriving from the tradition of [[pubilla]] and [[Heir|hereu]].{{sfn|Llop Rovira|1998|pp=20, 21}}{{sfn|Guillamet Anton|2009|pp=106, 107}}{{sfn|Guillamet Anton|2009|pp = 105, 106, 107, 140, 141}}{{sfn|Armengol Aleix|2009|pp = 263 a 270}}

Three centuries after its foundation, the Consell de la Terra located its headquarters and the Tribunal de Corts in [[Casa de la Vall]] in 1702. The [[manor house]] built in 1580 served as a noble fortress of the Busquets family. Inside the parliament was placed the Closet of the six keys (Armari de les sis claus), representative of each Andorran parish, where the [[Andorran constitution]] and other documents and laws were later kept.{{sfn|Llop Rovira|1998|p=60}}{{sfn|Guillamet Anton|2009|p = 82}}

In both the [[Reapers' War]] and the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], the Andorran people (while professing to be a neutral country) supported the [[Catalans]] who saw their [[Catalan constitutions|rights]] reduced in [[Nueva Planta decrees|1716]]. The reaction was the promotion of Catalan writings in Andorra, with cultural works such as the ''Book of Privileges'' (''Llibre de Privilegis de 1674''), ''Manual Digest'' (1748) by Antoni Fiter i Rossell or the ''Polità andorrà'' (1763) by Antoni Puig.{{sfn|Armengol Aleix|2009|p = 229}}{{sfn|Llop Rovira|1998|pp = 49 a 52, i 57, 58}}