Alfons de Borja i Roderic de Borja According to Alfons the Magnanimous’s Crònica i diatari del capellà
J. EMILI ROIG
Original title: Alfons de Borja i Roderic de Borja segons la Crònica i dietari del capellà d’Alfons el Magnànim
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Keywords: Alexandre VI, Alfons de Borja, Borja, Calixt III, Diary, Roderic de Borja, Valence.
Medieval diaries are a valuable source of knowledge about daily occurrences that their author wanted to record. The Dietari del capellà d’Alfons el Magnànim is a remarkable source for the lives of two characters thyat belonged to the Borja/Borgia family, Alfons de Borja and Roderic de Borja (Popes Callistus III and Alexander VI respectively).
An Approach to the Sources of Jaume Ramon Vila’s Dietari
Arantxa LLÀCER MARTORELL
Original title: Aproximació a les fonts del Dietari de Jaume Ramon Vila (AHCB, ms. b-100)
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Keywords: Barcelona, Diary, Jaume Ramon Vila, Source.
This article studies the figure of the historian and heraldist Jaume Ramon Vila through the analysis of one of his unpublished works, a diary that narrates events that belong to the years 1596-1601. The author, a well-known writer within the field of early modern Catalan studies, designed his diary as a commentary on the most important events that took place in the city of Barcelona and the Principality of Catalonia. Vila used all his historiographic knowledge in the production of his diary and the result if a text based on the principle of truthfulness that makes use of his personal notes and documentary sources to support his assertions. The study of the sources and the diary provide us with a better understanding of the period and of an author somewhat underrated by previous scholars.
