The Llibre dels fets is the autobiographical chronicle of the reign of James I of Aragon. It is written in Old Catalan in the first person and is the first of the four works classified as The Four Gre
Fragment of the oldest existing copy of the Llibre dels Fets written in Old Catalan, dating from 1343. The scene depicts a supper in Tarragona, where James I of Aragon with his lords planned the conquest of Mallorca (1229) ruled by the Muslims (in the context of the Iberian Christian Reconquista)
The 1313 Latin translation "Cronice Illustrissimi Regis Aragonum", possibly a copy from the original, translated by the Dominican friar Pere Marsili, by order of James II of Aragon, grandson of James I of Aragon, called "the Conqueror".
1619 Frontispiece of Catalan manuscript made by Jaume Ferrera
1313 Latin translation of the Llibre dels Fets, the Cronice Illustrissimi Regis Aragonum by Friar Pere Marsili following the order of James II of Aragon (grandson of James I of Aragon).
James I the Conqueror was the 11th King of Aragon, 38th Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and King of Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His lo
Llibre dels fets
…dels fets (Catalan pronunciation: ; from Catalan, 'Book of Deeds'; Old Catalan: Libre dels feyts) is the autobiographical chronicle of the reign of James I of Aragon (1213–1276). It is written in Old Catalan in the first person and is the first (chronologically) of the four works classified as The Four Great Catalan…
Jaume in 1265, giving orders to a guard in the royal palace
The Moors request permission from James I, taken from The Cantigas de Santa María
First compilation of the Fueros of Aragon, carried out by the bishop of Huesca Vidal de Canellas in 1247. Vidal Mayor.
Posthumous portrait in the Generalitat Valenciana