Transforming the state : : king, court and political culture in the realms of Aragon (1213-1387) / / by Marta VanLandingham.

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Superior document:Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 43
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston ;, Köln : : Brill,, [2002]
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Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
Series:Medieval Mediterranean ; Volume 43.
Physical Description:1 online resource (268 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Map: The Realms of Aragon in the High Middle Ages
  • Acknowledgements
  • Genealogical Table: The Arago-Catalan Dynasty, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries
  • Introduction
  • Approach to the Study of the Court
  • Approach to the Study of the State
  • Context: The Court of the Realms of Aragon
  • Sources
  • Plan of Study
  • Note on Nomenclature
  • Part One: The Chancery
  • The King's Memory, Voice, Justice, and Conscience
  • Chapter 1. The Chancellor: Office and Official
  • The Chancellor as Portrayed in the Leges palatinae
  • The Chancellor as Portrayed in the Ordenacions de cort
  • The Chancellor Previous to the Reign of Pere the Great
  • Arnau de Torre, Pere the Great's Chancellor on the Mainland
  • Giovanni di Procida, Pere's Chancellor for Sicily
  • Chapter 2. The Chancery: Personnel, Procedure, Innovation
  • The Office of Director of the Chancery
  • Pere de Sant Climent: A Biography
  • Chancery Personnel and Procedures
  • Procedural Innovations under Pere the Great
  • Chapter 3. The King's Law: Royal Justice and Royal Administration
  • Procedure and Personality in the Royal System of Justice
  • Royal Courts of Law and Programs of Kingship
  • Chapter 4. The Royal Chapel: Religious Regulations and the Ordering of the State
  • Prelude: The Chapel in the Thirteenth Century
  • The Fourteenth-Century Ordinances, the Chapel, and the State
  • Part Two The Treasury
  • The King's Purse
  • Chapter 5. Royal Finances and Financial Administration Before 1283
  • Royal Finances in the Thirteenth-Century Realms of Aragon
  • Central Financial Administration Before 1283
  • Chapter 6. The Creation of Central Financial Offices
  • Part Three: The Household
  • The King'S Body
  • Chapter 7. The High Offices and Officials of the Household.
  • Pere the Great's Palatine Ordinances: Inception
  • The High Officials of the Household
  • Chapter 8. The Needs of King, Queen, and Court: Table, Lodging, and Entertainment
  • The Table
  • Lodging and Security
  • Entertainment
  • The Domestic Influence of the Queen
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices: Palatine Ordinances
  • Appendix A: First Ordinances of Pere the Great
  • Appendix B: Ordinances of Pere the Great of 23 April 1277
  • Appendix C: Ordinances of Alfons the Liberal of 28 February 1287
  • Appendix D: Ordinances of Alfons the Liberal of 11 March 1288
  • Appendix E: Ordinances of Alfons the Liberal of 1 May 1291
  • Appendix F: Ordinances of Jaume II of 23 August 1308
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • The Medieval Mediterranean Peoples, Economies and Cultures, 400-1500.