Discurs i estratègies del poder reial a Catalunya al segle XIV

Abstract

The increasing power of the monarchy in late-medieval Europe, was aided by the influence of the revivied Roman Law. The Catalonian monarchs faced the particular difficulty of having to justify their centralizing discourse despite a plural and heterogeneous part and the importance of mutually opposed noble and municipal powers that operated in a fragile social and economic context. The kings tried to control and to augment their revenues and jurisdiction and to impose royal rights and general respect. These objectives were weakened by the pressure of nobles and towns. The latter proclamed the identity of the their interest with the royal objectives and sought juridical and legislative stability under royal jurisdiction. This situation contributed to the cohesion of Catatonia, but has also had a lasting affect on Catalonian historiography.