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Memòries historials de Catalunya
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(Historical Memoirs of Catalonia)

15th century. Catalonia (Iberia). Anonymous short chronicle in Catalan written in 1418, found in only one manuscript, Madrid, BNE, ms. 2,639. Based on the Crònica dels reis d'Aragó i comtes de Barcelona and De rebus Hispaniae by Archbishop Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada of Toledo, it recounts peninsular history from the legendary first settlement of Spain by Japhet (third son of Noah), Canòniques en quina manera se potblà Spanya ni de quines nacions, until the reign of Count Borrell II of Barcelona (947-92), where the narration is interrupted (fol. 59v): ...e …

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Garrido Valls, David, “Memòries historials de Catalunya”, in: Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle, Edited by: Graeme Dunphy, Cristian Bratu. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2213-2139_emc_SIM_01817>
First published online: 2016



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