Catalan Courts
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The Catalan Courts or General Court of Catalonia were the parliamentary body of the Principality of Catalonia from the 13th to the 18th century. The Catalan Courts were the result of the territorial a
Ferdinand II of Aragon on his throne flanked by two shields showing the royal arms. Frontis of a 1495 edition of the Catalan Constitutions.
James I presiding over the early Catalan Courts of 1228, discussing the conquest of Mallorca. Mural painting from the Palau Berenguer d'Aguilar (Barcelona), c. 1285
15th-century seal bearing the legend s(igillum) Cortium et Parlamentorum Generalium Principatus Cathalonie ("seal of the Courts and the Parliament of the Principality of Catalonia")
Peter III of Aragon
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Peter III of Aragon was King of Aragon, King of Valencia, and Count of Barcelona from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily
Detail from the Nuova Cronica
Peter III gives audience to ambassadors of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and Michael VIII Palaiologos, demanding Peter to intervene in the war against Charles I of Anjou. Nuova Cronica.
Peter III preparing his trip to Sicily. The king receives the visit of two Dominican friars, envoyes of Pope Martin IV trying to convince him not to sail to Sicily. Nuova Cronica.
Peter III's fleet landing at Trapani. The king is depicted directing the landing, next to his wife Constance. Nuova Cronica.