Medievalists.net » Valencia 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 Expert examinations of wounds in the criminal court or justice in Cocentaina (Kingdom of Valencia) during the Late Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/04/expert-examinations-of-wounds-in-the-criminal-court-or-justice-in-cocentaina-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-late-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/04/expert-examinations-of-wounds-in-the-criminal-court-or-justice-in-cocentaina-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-late-middle-ages/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:48:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=62279 Among the activities of doctors in the courts, one in particular stood out: the examination of wounds.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/11/04/expert-examinations-of-wounds-in-the-criminal-court-or-justice-in-cocentaina-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-late-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Beyond the Border. The aristocratic mobility between the kingdoms of Portugal and León (1157- 1230) http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/25/beyond-border-aristocratic-mobility-kingdoms-portugal-leon-1157-1230/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/25/beyond-border-aristocratic-mobility-kingdoms-portugal-leon-1157-1230/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:18:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53623 During the reigns of Fernando II and Alfonso IX, the kingdom of León became home to several Portuguese aristocrats. Their relations with the Galician and Leonese nobility helped them create many cross-border ties and a powerful network of family-based relationships which heavily influenced the course of the main political conflicts of this period.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/25/beyond-border-aristocratic-mobility-kingdoms-portugal-leon-1157-1230/feed/ 0 El Cid, Cluny and the Medieval Spanish Reconquista http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/14/el-cid-cluny-and-the-medieval-spanish-reconquista/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/14/el-cid-cluny-and-the-medieval-spanish-reconquista/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:46:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46667 Rodrigo Díaz, better known by his title El Cid, has traditionally been portrayed as one of the great heroes of Spanish history, perhaps the perhaps the Spanish national hero par excellence.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/14/el-cid-cluny-and-the-medieval-spanish-reconquista/feed/ 0 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 Managing the Commons: The role of the elites in the uses of common lands in the Midlands of the kingdom of Valencia during the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/managing-the-commons-the-role-of-the-elites-in-the-uses-of-common-lands-in-the-midlands-of-the-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/managing-the-commons-the-role-of-the-elites-in-the-uses-of-common-lands-in-the-midlands-of-the-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-middle-ages/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:38:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45946 In a recent paper, Danie Curtis has given a framework for classifying preindustrial societies in accordance with four variables, these are, the property, the power, the market of basic products and the modes of production.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/21/managing-the-commons-the-role-of-the-elites-in-the-uses-of-common-lands-in-the-midlands-of-the-kingdom-of-valencia-during-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 The Finest Castle in the World http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/26/the-finest-castle-in-the-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/26/the-finest-castle-in-the-world/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:31:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36722 Robert I. Burns, S.J., and Paul E. Chevedden describe how a much-besieged citadel became the focus for Christian-Muslim co-existence in medieval Spain.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/26/the-finest-castle-in-the-world/feed/ 0 The Regulations of James I concerning the Jewish Moneylenders: a Preliminary Report http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/15/the-regulations-of-james-i-concerning-the-jewish-moneylenders-a-preliminary-report/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/15/the-regulations-of-james-i-concerning-the-jewish-moneylenders-a-preliminary-report/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:48:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36533 This article enumerates the constitutions and statutes dictated by James I regarding the usurers, and the usurers of the Jews, between 1228 and 1251, from shortly before to shortly after the conquest of the kingdoms of Majorca and Valencia.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/15/the-regulations-of-james-i-concerning-the-jewish-moneylenders-a-preliminary-report/feed/ 0 King Pedro IV of Aragon, royal propaganda and the tradition of royal speechwriting http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/king-pedro-iv-of-aragon-royal-propaganda-and-the-tradition-of-royal-speechwriting/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/king-pedro-iv-of-aragon-royal-propaganda-and-the-tradition-of-royal-speechwriting/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:50:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34800 In the archives of the Crown of Aragon in Barcelona is preserved the autograph manuscript of a speech against the rebellion of the Judge of Arborea in Sardinia made by King Pedro IV of Aragon to open the corts, probably that held in Sant Mateu, Valencia in 1369.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/15/king-pedro-iv-of-aragon-royal-propaganda-and-the-tradition-of-royal-speechwriting/feed/ 0 The continuity of Roman water supply systems in post-Roman Spain: the case of Valentia, a reliable example? http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/the-continuity-of-roman-water-supply-systems-in-post-roman-spain-the-case-of-valentia-a-reliable-example/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/the-continuity-of-roman-water-supply-systems-in-post-roman-spain-the-case-of-valentia-a-reliable-example/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:50:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29219 This paper will thus be structured in several sections. First it will be necessary to approach the topic of Roman water supply systems as a whole, their direct relationship with urbanism and city-dwellers, and how these monuments were a clear indicator of Romanitas, even in the post-Roman period.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/the-continuity-of-roman-water-supply-systems-in-post-roman-spain-the-case-of-valentia-a-reliable-example/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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