| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part 1: Historical writings and historical authors -- Gesta Comitum Barchinonensium as genealogy -- King James I and his chivalric autobiography -- Bernat Desclot: the historian and his chronicle -- Ramon Muntaner: ruler, knight, and chronicler -- King Peter's Llibre and royal self-representation -- Part II: Theories and interpretations -- The shift in historical genres -- The dawn of Catalan autobiography as chronicle -- The authorial logic of the historical text -- Catalan chroniclers and poetic license: history, epic, fiction -- The emergence of political realism |
| Summary |
Authoring the Past surveys medieval Catalan historiography, shedding light on the emergence and evolution of historical writing and autobiography in the Middle Ages, on questions of authority and authorship, and on the links between history and politics during the period. Jaume Aurell examines texts from the late twelfth to the late fourteenth century & mdash;including the Latin Gesta comitum Barcinonensium and four texts in medieval Catalan: James I & rsquo;s Llibre dels fets, the Crònica of Bernat Desclot, the Crònica of Ramon Muntaner, and the Crònica of Peter the Ceremonio |
| Analysis |
medieval catalan, spain, middle ages, historiography, autobiography, history, politics, 12th century, 13th, 14th, latin, gesta comitum barcinonensium, llibre dels fets, james 1, bernat desclot, cronica, ramon muntaner, peter the ceremonious, count, king, monarchy, aristocracy, mediterranean, diplomacy, expansionism, government, political power, comparative literature, hispanic, romance, aragon, genealogy, chivalry, chronicle, historian, archive, royalty, self representation, epic, realism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
James I, King of Aragon, 1208-1276. Llibre dels fets.
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Desclot, Bernat. Llibre del rei en Pere.
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Muntaner, Ramón, -1336. Crònica.
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Pedro IV, King of Aragon, 1319?-1387. Cronica de Sant Joan de la Penya.
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| SUBJECT |
Gesta comitum Barcinonensium. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011118941
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Gesta comitum Barcinonensium fast |
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Cronica de Sant Joan de la Penya (Pedro IV, King of Aragon) fast |
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Crònica (Muntaner, Ramón) fast |
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Llibre del rei en Pere (Desclot, Bernat) fast |
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Llibre dels fets (James I, King of Aragon) fast |
| Subject |
Historiography -- Spain -- Catalonia -- To 1500
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Catalan prose literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal.
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Catalan prose literature
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Historiography
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Kings and rulers -- Biography
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Catalonia (Spain) -- Historiography
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Catalonia (Spain) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography -- History and criticism
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Spain -- Catalonia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226032344 |
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0226032345 |
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