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- June 14, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant tells the Bailiff of Berga to settle the financial dispute involving the owners of dye-works in Berga.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/
Today's Document:
- Subject: a financial dispute among those involved in the dye-works in Berga
- Date: June 14, 1387
- Day of the Week: Friday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1822 f152v-153r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipient: Miguel Dardayllo, Bailiff of Berga
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
22 min - June 13, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, due to the delay in his coronation due to illness, Joan made a request to James I of Cyprus to allow the knight Hugo San Pau to remain in Barcelona longer than expected.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e171-jun13
Today's Document:
- Subject: request for a reprieve in feudal obligations for the knight Hugo San Pau
- Date: June 13, 1387
- Day of the Week: Thursday
- Language: Latin
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1867 f2r-v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipient: James I, King of Cyprus
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
24 min - June 12, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant wrote to her father, mother, and brothers, about Joan's improved health, despite 'accidents molt forts.'
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e170-jun12
Today's Document:
- Subject: an upbeat note about Joan’s improved health and good tidings
- Date: June 12, 1387
- Day of the Week: Wednesday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1819 f101v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipients: Violant’s father, mother, and brothers
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
17 min - June 11, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant required the testimony of two 'men of the house' of her brother-in-law Martí.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e169-jun11
Today's Document:
- Subject: a messenger from Violant collecting testimony from people in Martí’s house
- Date: June 11, 1387
- Day of the Week: Tuesday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R2053 f13r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipient: Martí, Joan’s brother and the Duke of Montblanch
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
14 min - June 10, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan provided details to the Count of Cardona about how he plans to pay back the thousands of florins that he owes him.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e168-jun10
Today's Document:
- Subject: a payment plan for Joan to settle his debt with the Count of Cardona
- Date: June 10, 1387
- Day of the Week: Monday
- Language: Joan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1867 f1r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipient: Hugh the Count of Cardona
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
28 min - June 9, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, on Joan's behalf, and in Joan's register, Violant instructed officials in Aragon to calculate the cost of damages suffered by the Kingdom of Navarre.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e167-jun9
Today's Document:
- Subject: the need to add up the cost of damages incurred by Kingdom of Navarre
- Date: June 9, 1387
- Day of the Week: Sunday
- Language: Latin
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1954 f3v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipients: Sancho Martinez de Biota, Governor of Araton, and Michael Capelli a magistrate of Zaragoza
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
31 min - June 8, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant communicated to the officials of Mallorca that Joan fired the assessor there.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e166-jun8
Today's Document:
- Subject: replacing an assessor who was too slow
- Date: June 8, 1387
- Day of the Week: Saturday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1819 f100v-101r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipients: the Governor of Mallorca, lawyer Johan Martin, Petro Tries a magistrate in Mallorca
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
30 min - June 7, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan told the Bishop of Lleida that he still owes more money to the Crown for recent tithes and that he needs to keep paying Johan de Muntros.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e165-jun7
Today's Document:
- Subject: the new tithes authorized by the Pope for church institutions to pay the Crown
- Date: June 7, 1387
- Day of the Week: Friday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1972 f121r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipients: Bishop of Lleida
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
15 min - June 6, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan asked the jurados and hombres buenos of Zaragoza to furnish him with two bullfighters.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e164-jun6
Today's Document:
- Subject: Joan wants to have a bullfight event in Barcelona
- Date: June 6, 1387
- Day of the Week: Thursday
- Language: Aragonese
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1952 f23r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipients: the town leaders of Zaragoza
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
21 min - June 5, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan intervened in a conflict over regional leadership that had previously been in the queen's portfolio.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e163-jun5
Today's Document:
- Subject: Joan’s attempt to solve a longstanding battle over who rules the Els Ports region
- Date: June 5, 1387
- Day of the Week: Wednesday
- Language: Latin
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1826 f150v-151v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipients: all of the officials and magistrates around the town of Morella
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
23 min
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Jonathan Seyfried, a doctoral candidate in History at the University of New Mexico, takes you on a series of journeys into how history is made. The topics in the series will include: gender in the…
Crown of Aragon in the fourteenth century, sociology of knowledge in the 1947 Roswell Incident, cultural history of domestic cats in the Victorian Era, the economics of Colonial Brazil, and more!