thumb|right|180px|Cover of the Nueva Planta decree of the Principality of Catalonia (1716) He suppressed the six Catalan universities and founded a new one in Cervera (Lleida) and abolished the administrative use of the Catalan language; replacing it with Spanish. While the replacement solely affected the Royal Audience, the king provided with secret instructions to the royal officers in Catalan territory: they "will take the utmost care to introduce the Castilian language, for which purpose he will give the most temperate and disguised measures so that the effect is achieved, without the care being noticed." Half a century later, under the reign of Charles III of Bourbon, the Catalan language would also be banned from primary and secondary schools.
thumb|right|180px|Cover of the Nueva Planta decree of the Principality of Catalonia (1716) He suppressed the six Catalan universities and founded a new one in Cervera (Lleida) and abolished the administrative use of the Catalan language; replacing it with Spanish While the replacement solely affected the Royal Audience, the king provided with secret instructions to the royal officers in Catalan territory: they "will take the utmost care to introduce the Castilian language, for which purpose he will give the most temperate and disguised measures so that the effect is achieved, without the care being noticed." Half a century later, under the reign of Charles III of Bourbon, the Catalan language would also be banned from primary and secondary schools.