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Miniature that represents the king of Catalonia-Aragon James I (Jaume I) in the manuscript Usatici et Constitutiones Cataloniae (the Constitution of Catalonia in the 14th-15th centuries), kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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James I of Aragon (1208-1276) was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and King of Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His long reign of 62 years is not only the longest of any Iberian monarch, but one of the longest monarchical reigns in history.
Entrada triomfal del rei En Jaume I a la ciutat de València, per Fernando Richart. Oli en llenç, 390 x 665 cm; 1884.
La qüestió ve de llarg, però no pretenc atiar el debat ontològic sobre la singularitat o la pluralitat del corònim nacional que identifica la catalanitat. Joan Fuster, ben conscient del problema onomàstic, escrivia en 1962 a Qüestió de noms —fixeu-vos el que ha plogut des d’aleshores— que «l’ideal fóra adoptar, no ja la forma “Catalunya Gran”, sinó senzillament Catalunya, per designar les nostres terres».
Castillo de Sagunto - Castles of Spain (18/?)
Chronicle of the King James I (Jaume I) of Catalonia-Aragon (1208-1276). Manuscript copy written in the year 1343 in Poblet, Catalonia. University of Barcelona library.
James I's chronicle titled Llibre dels fets ("Book Of The Deeds") is regarded as the first secular chronicle/autobiography attributed to a Christian king.
El Castellet or Castell de Serrella, ruins of a castle at the top of the mountains between the towns of Beniardà and Castell de Castells, Central Valencian Country.
This castle, built of rammed earth and masonry, dates back to the Islamic period, probably to the 11th century. The earliest written mention of this castle that we know of is the Pouet Treaty (Pacte del Pouet) signed in the year 1245 between the Catalan king James I and the Moorish commander Al-Azraq.
Video by sanchis2 on Instagram. More information: Mancomunitat Comarcal de la Marina Alta.
Imatge de la versió il·lustrada de La Colcada. Font: Ara Balears.
Bona diada, Mallorca!
