 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hondo yeVakohwi, 164052 rakatanga serumutsiridzo rwavarimi muBarcelona. Kurwisana kwakanga kwatovapo pakati peCatalonia namambo munguva yaFiripi II. Zvaakanga apedza zviwanikwa zvehupfumi zveCastile, Philip aida kushandisa izvo zveCatalonia; masangano ehurumende yeCatalan nemitemo zvaidzivirirwa zvakanaka nemitemo yekubatana kweumambo, uye zvaichengetedzwa negodo nevanhu veCatalan, avo panguva idzodzo vakawedzera kutora chikamu kwavo muhurumende yemuno neyakajairika yePrincipality. Mushure mokunge Philip IV asvika pachigaro muna 1621, Count-Duke weOlivares akaedza kuchengetedza hurumende yekune dzimwe nyika ine chinangwa kuburikidza nekubhadhara mitero yeumambo hweIberian Peninsula uye kugadzira mupiro wemauto kuHumambo mune imwe neimwe yavo Unión de Armas, Union of Arms, izvo zvaireva kuisa parutivi nheyo dzaive dzichitonga kusvika panguva iyoyo dzeumambo hwakasanganiswa, mukufarira kuwedzerwa kwepakati. Kuramba muCatalonia kwakanga kwakasimba zvikurukuru, kwakapiwa kusavapo kwechinhu chipi nechipi chinokosha chinooneka munharaunda nokuda kwezvibairo. Matare eCatalonia a1626 na1632 haana kumbobvira apedzwa, nekuda kwekushora kwenzvimbo dzakapesana nematanho ezvehupfumi nemauto aOlivares, mazhinji acho akatyora bumbiro reCatalan. Kukundikana kweMatare kwakawedzera kusawirirana pakati pemasangano eCatalonia neHumambo, kuchikurudzira mamiriro ekuparadzana. 