 Complete the following phrase:  During the time of the literary production of the Catalan baroque approx. 1600-1740, it is important to note the growing opposition to the Habsburg monarchy and its absolutist policies, especially under the Conde-Duque de Olivares regime. Catalonia was a separate kingdom of the monarchy with its own institutions the Diputació, Generalitat, Consell de Cent, etc., liberties, exemptions, laws, and, of course, language. It was governed much like a colony, albeit a privileged one, yet one whose institutions and importance were being ignored if not openly attacked. Since the Habsburg monarchy was more of a federation of separate kingdoms than an absolutely centralized system of power, Olivares ran into serious problems of troop recruitment and ficing his frequent military endeavors, as evidenced by his Unión de armas project begun in 1624, which never came to fruition. The year 1640which Olivares described as el más infeliz que esta Monarquía ha alcanzado the worst that this Monarchy has suffered in a memorialsaw revolts both in Catalonia and Portugal. While the direct cause of the war was the billeting of Castilian troops in Catalonia for the war with France, it is clear that years of neglect for Catalan institutions and privileges also led to the conflict. Pau Claris declared Catalonia a republic under the protection of France in 1641. With further conflict looming on the horizon with the 