The Second Brotherhood (or “Segona Germania”, in the original Valencian form) was the most significant event for the Valencian area since the expulsion of the Moors and the Succession War. It had a decisive influence on the formation of the Maulet side (a partisan group of Valencian supporters of Archduke Carles, who laid claim to the Spanish throne as Carles III during the War of the Spanish Succession; they were antagonists to the Botiflers, who were the supporters of the competing claimant and eventual winner of the war, Felip d’Anjou, crowned as Felipe V).

La Marina Alta was one of the fundamental centres of the new Brotherhood. The most representative leader of the movement, Francesc Garcia, came from El Ràfol d’Almúnia.

The living conditions were at the time really harsh in the whole of La Marina Alta and a large community of Majorcans had settled in the area. Garcia belonged to the third generation of repopulators who suffered under the feudal yoke.

The starting point for the 1693 events was, undoubtedly, the repopulation process after the expulsion of the Moors, and the severity of the lordly regime. The wealthy farmers sought to eliminate the lordly pressure as intermediaries between them and the crown. El Ràfol d’Almúnia had to pay a quarter of all the agricultural production to the Marquis, Joan d’Almúnia, and another amount had to be paid for the houses.

As a curiosity, it should be noted that in the right half of the coat of arms of the town of El Ràfol d'Almúnia is the coat of arms of the Almúnia family, lords of the town during the Old Regime. This shield, quartered in a saltire, presents the first and fourth quarters with three pine trees that suggest that this family came from a noble Aragonese lineage; in the second and third quarters, two wings appear, one in each quarter. These wings appear in gold, showing that it was a noble, rich and powerful family.

During the events of the Second Brotherhood, the coat of arms of this family was heavily chipped by the farmers as a sign of protest against the lords.