Memory in the Middle Ages

Prof. Flocel Sabaté (Univ. of Lleida) has been awarded the main research prizes in Catalonia (Distinció 2000; ICREA 2015) and Doctor Honoris Causa of the Univ. of Cuyo (2014)

• Foreword, by Flocel SabatéIntroduction: Memory in the Middle Ages, by Flocel SabatéPART 1: MEMORY AND SCIENCE1. Memory and the Body in Medieval Medicine, by Fernando Salmón 2. James I of Aragon, Vicent Ferrer, and Francesc Eiximenis: Natural Memory and Artificial Memory, by Xavier RenedoPART 2: MEMORY OF THE PAST AS IDENTITY3. History, Memory, and Ideas: About the Past in the Early Middle Ages, by Rosamond McKitterick4. Charter Writing and Documentary Memory in the Origins of Catalan History, by Michel Zimmermann5. The Memory of Saints in the Hispanic Translationes of the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuriess, by Ariel Guiance6. Establishing a Memory in Medieval Spain, by Adeline Rucquoi 7. The Legend of the Princess of Navarre: A Founding Myth in the Sardinian Conflict against the Kings of Aragon, by Luciano Gallinari PART 3: MEMORY AND POWER8. Memory of the State or Memory of the Kingdom? A Comparative Approach to the Construction of Memory in France and England, by Jean-Philippe Genet9. Coronation Ceremonies and the Sword as Symbol of Power: Aragon, 1200-1400, by Marta Serrano10. Architecture and Legacy in Medieval Navarre, by Javier Martínez de Aguirre 11. Family Memory in Late Medieval Catalonia: The Example of the Marcs, Lords of Eramprunyà, by Mireia Comas-ViaPART 4: MEMORY AND COMMEMORATING THE DEAD12. The Tomb as Tool for Keeping Memory Alive: The Case of Late-Medieval Zaragoza, by Ana del Campo Gutiérrez13. Wills, Tombs, and Preparation for a Good Death in Late Medieval Portugal, by Marta Ramos Dias14. Ceremonial Topography in the Consueta Antiga of the Cathedral of Majorca, by Antoni Pons CortèsPART 5: REMEMBERING THE MIDDLE AGES15. Catalan-Aragonese Sardinia: Memory and Identity from 1323 to the Present, by Esther Martí16. Nineteenth-Century French Historiography and the Memory of the Middle Ages, by Luis Rojas Donat17. Spolia and Memory: Notes for a Preliminary Study of Venice in the Nineteenth Century, by Myriam Pilutti Namer 18. Neo-Medievalism and the Anchoring of New Spatial Identities: Linking New Regional and Urban Identities with Medieval Memories, by Kees Terlouw19. The Hegemony of the Cult of Anniversaries and its Disadvantages for Historians, by William M. Johnston