By Adam J. Kosto
ISBN-10: 0511018878
ISBN-13: 9780511018879
ISBN-10: 0521792398
ISBN-13: 9780521792394
This examine examines the function of written agreements in 11th- and twelfth-century Catalonia, and the way they decided the social and political order. via tracing the destiny of those agreements - or convenientiae - from their first visual appeal to the past due 12th century, it truly is attainable to illustrate the notable balance of the fluid buildings which they engendered in what's typically regarded as 'feudal society'. the method of documentary swap finds the genuine nature and velocity of the 'transformation of the 12 months 1000'. research of the convenientia as an software of energy and its interplay with oral practices contributes to a deeper knowing of the function of the written be aware in medieval societies. ultimately, a large historiographical context establishes the importance of this examine of Catalonia for a extra basic appreciation of the medieval Mediterranean global.
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Making agreements in medieval Catalonia century, the eastern counties of Old Catalonia provide almost all of the evidence; for the twelfth century, more materials are available from the reconquered lands to the west and from the trans-Pyrenean possessions to the north. A more intensive study of these regions is certainly possible, but here they play only a secondary role. The chronological limits of this investigation – – – are similarly flexible. The earliest surviving document with the form “hec est convenientia” dates from c.
This more nuanced position is less dramatic, but it is certainly a better reflection of reality. The more we learn about the tenth and earlier centuries throughout Europe – and not simply in France, which has been the focus of the debate – the more it is clear that there were elements of continuity, whether of court cultures, literacy, or modes of dispute settlement. 38 The ideas of mutation, revolution, transformation, adjustment, and persistence reasonably apply to certain developments in certain regions in certain decades of the tenth and eleventh centuries.
51 Unlike most other contemporary acts, however, convenientiae do not adhere strictly to formulae. Their often highly descriptive texts can compensate for the absence of narrative accounts; when combined with similarly informative documents, such as records of judgment and testaments, it is possible to reconstruct the course of events. This study departs from much earlier work on Catalonia in its historiographical approach. First, it crosses a traditional chronological boundary. The development, diffusion, and decline of the convenientia as an important element in Catalan society is a phenomenon of the eleventh and twelfth centuries.