Conquesta, repartiment i colonització de Mallorca durant el segle XIII: Un estat de la qüestió

Abstract

Although there is some new (and at times interesting) literature on Majorca in the 13th. century, I do not intend to make a list but an evaluation of it. It is my view that the literature on the kingdom of Majorca is still heavily influenced by the 19th. historian J.M. Quadrado, a brilliant representative of conservatism behind a liberal mask. He denies the existence of feudal relationships in Majorca, postulating a commercial identity almost "bourgeois". The mere reading of the latest international contributions (by David Abulafia, for instance) is enough to corroborate the prominence of this view. The aim of this paper is to bring to mind the existence of "another" Medieval History of Majorca (especialy under the aegis of Miquel Barceló), which, starting from the previous Andalusi society, conceptualizes the conquest and colonisation of the new Kingdom as a process led by the feudal tax, although in combination with the royal and mercantile powers.