Selon John Huxtable Elliott, "Between 1347 and 1497 the Principality [Catalonia] had lost 37% of its inhabitants, and was reduced to a population of something like 300,000." (en) John Huxtable Elliott, The revolt of the Catalans : a study in the decline of Spain (1598–1640), Londres/New York/Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, , 623 p. (ISBN0-521-27890-2, lire en ligne), p. 26
