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- April 5, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan instructed his treasurer to give Maria of Sicily's treasurer 500 gold florins.
At the end of this episode, I say farewell to our cat Shadow, who passed away peacefully yesterday. She was 17 years old and had a great cat life.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e102-apr5
Today's Document:
- Subject: documenting the transfer of 500 gold florins to Maria of Sicily
- Date: April 5, 1387
- Day of the Week: Friday
- Language: Latin
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1971 f81r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipient: Maria of Sicily
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
26 min - April 4, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant attempted to navigate some kind of snag in the marriage negotiations taking place in Avignon.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e101-apr4
Today's Document:
- Subject: marriage negotiations for Yolande of Aragon
- Date: April 4, 1387
- Day of the Week: Thursday
- Language: Latin and Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R2056 f96r-v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipients: Pope and Luchino Scarampi
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
26 min - April 3, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan intervened in a custody case for an orphan in Valencia.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e100-apr3
Today's Document:
- Subject: Joan commands that the heiress Bernardona Vines be brought to the Governor of Valencia
- Date: April 3, 1387
- Day of the Week: Wednesday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1825 f97v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipients: Francesc Vines and Garcia de Loris
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
38 min - April 2, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan authorized a salary for an official.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e99-apr2
Today's Document:
- Subject: a document establishing a salary for an official
- Date: April 2, 1387
- Day of the Week: Tuesday
- Language: Latin
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1945 f1r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipient: Petrus Sorridos
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
15 min - April 1, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan sent Jaime Pallares back to Barbastro to address the current discord there.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e98-apr1
Today's Document:
- Subject: addressing the ongoing discord in Barbastro
- Date: April 1, 1387
- Day of the Week: Monday
- Language: Aragonese
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1751 f37r-v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipients: Jaime Pallares and the Prohomens of Barbastro
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
20 min - March 31, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Joan commanded the Governor of Aragon to attend to the discord in Barbastro and do something to remedy the situation.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e97-mar31
Today's Document:
- Subject: discord in Barbastro
- Date: March 31, 1387
- Day of the Week: Sunday
- Language: Aragonese
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1751 f38r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Joan
- Recipient: Sancho Martinez, Governor of Aragon
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
17 min - March 30, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, demanded that the Bishop of Girona and the Jurats of Girona act to quell the deadly violence being perpetrated by Christians agains Jews in that city.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e96-mar30
Today's Document:
- Subject: persistent and severe violence of Christians against Jews
- Date: March 30, 1387
- Day of the Week: Saturday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1822 f144r-v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipients: Bishop and Jurats of Girona
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
22 min - March 29, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant ordered Cresques Bonafos, a Jew of Figueres, to appear in response to a supplication that his wife made to the queen.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e95-mar29
Today's Document:
- Subject: process for a wife’s petition to the queen about her husband
- Date: March 29, 1387
- Day of the Week: Friday
- Language: Latin
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1822 f143v
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipient: Cresques Bonafos, a Jew of Figueres
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
23 min - March 28, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant arranged for the properties confiscated from Bernat de Fortià to be transferred to Bernat Vilella, an official who worked in the house of the Dauphin Jaume.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e94-mar28
Today's Document:
- Subject: tranfer of properties of Boria and Magallon to Bernat Vilella
- Date: March 28, 1387
- Day of the Week: Thursday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R1819 f94r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipients: Mossen Francesc
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
22 min - March 27, 1387
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago,
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e93-mar27
Today's Document:
- Subject: Violant sends good tidings to her father and mother
- Date: March 27, 1387
- Day of the Week: Wednesday
- Language: Catalan
- Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R2053 f4r
- Link to PARES
- Place: Barcelona
- Sender: Violant
- Recipients: Robert de Bar (mutatis mutandis to Marie, Duchess of de Bar)
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
26 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!