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For a Genetic and Diplomatic approach to Old Cadastres: Proposals and Advice for Editing Cadastral Sources
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Old cadastres are largely used as sources in a good many geohistorical publications. Although often reduced to their planimetric aspect alone, they form the kernel of a substantial documentary output. The constraints on ... -
The Archaeology of the Peasantry in the Early Medieval Age. Reflections and proposals
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)The archaeology of the medieval peasantry in Spain and Europe has attracted renewed attention in recent decades. This article is an overview of the research carried out in the last 30 years into the peasantry and their ... -
From Occitania to Catalonia. Catharism: the Current State of Research
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)This article offers a historiographical analysis of the question of Catharism in medieval Europe, taking as its starting point a proposal structured around two clearly differentiated parts, which respectively focus on an ... -
Weaponizing Historical Knowledge: the Notion of Reconquista in Spanish Nationalism
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)The notion of Reconquista is the product of 19th-century Spanish Nationalist thinking. Although developed as an academic concept, it played, at the same time, a crucial political and ideological role, thus holding a very ... -
Founding and Ineffable Identities: Pelagius, Virgin and Martyr
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Raguel’s Vita vel passio sancti Pelagii (c. 967) and Hroswitha of Gandersheim’s poem (10th century) devoted to Pelagius are keywords for the creation of an European literary and symbolic space against Muslims. Both texts ... -
Celo inter manus pontificum tradidit spiritum. The Ideology surrounding Royal Deaths in the Light of the Latin Castilian-Leonese Chronicles (Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries)
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)The death of a king in the medieval chronicles is an incomparable historiographical locus from which to examine this phenomenon. Historiographical texts written at the Castilian-Leonese court during the twelfth century and ... -
Conflict Generated by the Land Distribution after the Feudal Conquest of Majorca (1230-1244)
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)The distribution of property after the taking of the Ciutat de Mallorca in December 1229 was a complex process that lasted for over two and a half years. The difficulties given by researchers when explaining this include ... -
Some Problematic Animals in Marco Polo’s Description of the World
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)There are a number of animals mentioned in Marco Polo’s book which present difficulties. A few are considered here. The papiones of the area near Fuzhou have been identified as Chinese ferret-badgers. It is suggested that ... -
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Reconnaissance, Spying on Mercenaries and Crusaders
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Spying always used to be an essential part of the strategy of the companies, as it was always much more dangerous and it caused more loss in human life to risk a frontal assault against a walled city or castle than to use ... -
Leasing the Seigneurial Rents: Remences as Lessees in Girona (14th-15th Centuries)
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Becoming wealthy in the Middle Ages was as viable as in any other period of history. However, the feudal system imposed many limitations, especially on those who did not belong to the privileged elites. My goal in this ... -
Joan Palou, Foundryman and Master Cannon Maker of the City of Barcelona at the End of the 15th Century
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)In the Late Middle Ages, artillery became a key element of military tactics. Monarchy, nobility and government institutions were aware of the need to employ the services of craftsmen specialised in the art of building, ... -
Reading the (Exterior) Walls of the Parish Church of the Nativity of our of Lara de los Infantes
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Our preliminary work consisted of an archaeological study of the church, taking photographs, and gathering data in situ for subsequent analysis. A set of sketches of the walls were generated from the photographs using a ... -
Urbano Monte's World Maps: Sources and Development
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)This articles provides a window into late sixteenth-century map production by discussing the distinctive features, the use of sources, and the changes over time in the world maps of 1587, 1590, and c. 1604 by the Milanese ... -
An Ecclesiastical Identity in the Making: the Medieval Cathedral and Bishopric of St David's (Wales)
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)This article discusses the repeated attempts made by churchmen in medieval Wales to elevate the bishopric of St David’s to metropolitan status. Drawing on often dubious “historical” evidence and an alleged precedent, several ... -
The Byzantine Hospital Organization and the Knights of St John in Jerusalem
(Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2020)Towards the second half of the 12st century, the order of the Hospitallers in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem finished the construction of the great hospital that granted it the high degree of recognition and prestige in ...