{"product_id":"authoring-the-past-jaume-aurell-9780226032320","title":"Authoring the Past: History, Autobiography, and Politics in Medieval Catalonia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuthoring the Past\u003c\/i\u003e surveys medieval Catalan historiography, shedding light on the emergence and evolution of historical writing and autobiography in the Middle Ages, on questions of authority and authorship, and on the links between history and politics during the period. Jaume Aurell examines texts from the late twelfth to the late fourteenth century--including the Latin \u003ci\u003eGesta comitum Barcinonensium\u003c\/i\u003e and four texts in medieval Catalan: James I's \u003ci\u003eLlibre dels fets\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eCrònica \u003c\/i\u003eof Bernat Desclot, the \u003ci\u003eCrònica\u003c\/i\u003e of Ramon Muntaner, and the \u003ci\u003eCrònica \u003c\/i\u003eof Peter the Ceremonious--and outlines the different motivations for the writing of each. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Aurell, these chronicles are not mere archaeological artifacts but rather documents that speak to their writers' specific contemporary social and political purposes. He argues that these Catalonian counts and Aragonese kings were attempting to use their role as authors to legitimize their monarchical status, their growing political and economic power, and their aggressive expansionist policies in the Mediterranean. By analyzing these texts alongside one another, Aurell demonstrates the shifting contexts in which chronicles were conceived, written, and read throughout the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first study of its kind to make medieval Catalonian writings available to English-speaking audiences, \u003ci\u003eAuthoring the Past\u003c\/i\u003e will be of interest to scholars of history and comparative literature, students of Hispanic and Romance medieval studies, and medievalists who study the chronicle tradition in other languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaume Aurell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226032329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226032320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012","brand":"Jaume Aurell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086388769023,"sku":"9780226032320","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bf0a22b5-a3b9-4cd8-b143-22fce7825573.jpg?v=1769094395","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/authoring-the-past-jaume-aurell-9780226032320","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}