Medievalists.net » Catalonia http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Commons in the late medieval Crown of Aragon: Regulation, uses and conflicts, 13th-15th centuries http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/commons-in-the-late-medieval-crown-of-aragon-regulation-uses-and-conflicts-13th-15th-centuries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/commons-in-the-late-medieval-crown-of-aragon-regulation-uses-and-conflicts-13th-15th-centuries/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:56:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45948 In this paper, we shall show some characteristics of the use of pastures and commons in the Crown of Aragon between the thirteen and fifteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/commons-in-the-late-medieval-crown-of-aragon-regulation-uses-and-conflicts-13th-15th-centuries/feed/ 0 Catalonia’s Mediterranean Expansion: An Instance of Colonialism? http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/22/catalonias-mediterranean-expansion-an-instance-of-colonialism/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/22/catalonias-mediterranean-expansion-an-instance-of-colonialism/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:34:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42290 It is apparent that not all historians agree on what Catalonian expansion means, and what expansion meant to Catalonia.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/22/catalonias-mediterranean-expansion-an-instance-of-colonialism/feed/ 0 Jacopo da Firenze and the beginning of Italian vernacular algebra http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/15/jacopo-da-firenze-and-the-beginning-of-italian-vernacular-algebra/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/15/jacopo-da-firenze-and-the-beginning-of-italian-vernacular-algebra/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:12:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38020 Whatever the reason, nobody seems to have taken an interest in the treatise before Warren Van Egmond inspected it in the mid-seventies during the preparation of his global survey of Italian Renaissance manuscripts concerned with practical mathematics.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/15/jacopo-da-firenze-and-the-beginning-of-italian-vernacular-algebra/feed/ 0 “We Have Met Devils!”: The Almogavars of James I and Peter III of Catalonia-Aragon http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/we-have-met-devils-the-almogavars-of-james-i-and-peter-iii-of-catalonia-aragon/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/we-have-met-devils-the-almogavars-of-james-i-and-peter-iii-of-catalonia-aragon/#comments Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:29:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37865 Who were these Almogavars, who were able to defeat these heavily-armed and highly-trained knights? Why were they consistently effective against all who came before them? How were they utilized by James I the Conqueror (1213-1276) and his son Peter III the Great (1276-1285), count-kings of Catalonia-Aragon, to further the interests of their realm? These are the questions that this paper will attempt to answer.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/09/we-have-met-devils-the-almogavars-of-james-i-and-peter-iii-of-catalonia-aragon/feed/ 0 How Rich a Lawyer, How Poor a Tailor? An Economic Hierarchy of Occupations in Fifteenth-Century Spain http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/18/how-rich-a-lawyer-how-poor-a-tailor-an-economic-hierarchy-of-occupations-in-fifteenth-century-spain/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/18/how-rich-a-lawyer-how-poor-a-tailor-an-economic-hierarchy-of-occupations-in-fifteenth-century-spain/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:54:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36582 A tax record from the Catalan city of Manresa known as the Liber Manifesti of 1408 provides detailed occupational and capital-holding data for the heads of 640 households.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/18/how-rich-a-lawyer-how-poor-a-tailor-an-economic-hierarchy-of-occupations-in-fifteenth-century-spain/feed/ 0 The Family of Wilfred I, the Hairy: Marriage and the Consolidation of Power, 800-1000 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/16/the-family-of-wilfred-i-the-hairy-marriage-and-the-consolidation-of-power-800-1000/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/16/the-family-of-wilfred-i-the-hairy-marriage-and-the-consolidation-of-power-800-1000/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:55:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36543 My principal objective is to reconsider the system of marriage alliances of the counts of the Marca Hispanica during the generations immediately before and after Wilfred I

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/16/the-family-of-wilfred-i-the-hairy-marriage-and-the-consolidation-of-power-800-1000/feed/ 0 A Tale of Two Kings: The Use of King David in the Chronicle of Pere III of Catalonia http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/25/a-tale-of-two-kings-the-use-of-king-david-in-the-chronicle-of-pere-iii-of-catalonia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/25/a-tale-of-two-kings-the-use-of-king-david-in-the-chronicle-of-pere-iii-of-catalonia/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:33:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35971 It is my contention that Pere chose to emulate David because David was a highly respected Biblical king, as well as the fact that David's history as a warrior could be used to spiritually justify the military actions of Pere.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/25/a-tale-of-two-kings-the-use-of-king-david-in-the-chronicle-of-pere-iii-of-catalonia/feed/ 0 Experimental Archaeology at L’Esquerda – Crops, Storage, Metalcraft and Earthworks in Mediaeval and Ancient Times http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/02/experimental-archaeology-at-lesquerda-crops-storage-metalcraft-and-earthworks-in-mediaeval-and-ancient-times/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/02/experimental-archaeology-at-lesquerda-crops-storage-metalcraft-and-earthworks-in-mediaeval-and-ancient-times/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:10:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32343 The archaeological site of l’Esquerda is placed in the inlands of Catalonia, in the town of Roda de Ter, county of Osona, 70 Km north from Barcelona.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/02/experimental-archaeology-at-lesquerda-crops-storage-metalcraft-and-earthworks-in-mediaeval-and-ancient-times/feed/ 0 Reconquista and convivencia: Post-conquest Valencia during the Reign of Jaime I, el Conquistador: Interaction between Christians and Muslims (1238-1276) http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:21:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29025 This study will focus on just one aspect of the transition from Muslim kingdom to medieval Christian state. In 1238, Ciudad de Valencia, the most important urban center in the Muslim kingdom of Valencia would fall to Jaime I, el conquistador, king of Christian Aragon and Catalonia, opening up a vast region to Christian influence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/05/reconquista-and-convivencia-post-conquest-valencia-during-the-reign-of-jaime-i-el-conquistador-interaction-between-christians-and-muslims-1238-1276/feed/ 0 The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI, 1065-1109 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/16/the-kingdom-of-leon-castilla-under-king-alfonso-vi-1065-1109/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/16/the-kingdom-of-leon-castilla-under-king-alfonso-vi-1065-1109/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:54:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=28623 The reign of Alfonso VI was also to be the setting within which León-Castilla joined in the emergence of a new western Europe and itself also assimilated the new norms and structures that were being erected everywhere there.

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