In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan ruled on a dispute over a dowry. This episode spends a lot of time on the materiality of the archival documents themselves and the experience of the Archive of the Crown of Aragon. Also, though, the episode provides introductory information about Marie A. Kelleher's scholarship on the way that women navigated and operationalized the legal system in the Crown of Aragon.

Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan' s website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e12-jan5

Today's Document:

• Subject: Joan rules on a petition
• Date: January 5, 1387
• Day of the Week: Saturday
• Language: Latin
• Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1786 f259v-260v
• Link to PARES
• Place: Girona, ostensibly
• Sender: Joan
• Recipients: petitioners

Music Credits

The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths