Authoring the past : history, autobiography, and politics in medieval Catalonia /

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Author / Creator:Aurell i Cardona, Jaume.
Imprint:Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146392
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ISBN:9780226032344
0226032345
9780226032320
0226032329
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Aurell i Cardona, Jaume. Authoring the past. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012 9780226032320