Summary
Ramon Muntaner (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈmom muntəˈne]) (1265 – 1336) was a Catalan mercenary and writer who wrote the Crònica, a chronicle of his life, including his adventures as a commander in the Catalan Company. He was born at Peralada.
Ramon Muntaner | |
|---|---|
 Ernest Vila Plaza (Figueres) | |
| Born | 1265 Peralada, Catalonia |
| Died | 1336 Ibiza, Crown of Aragon |
| Genre | chronicle |
Biography edit
The Catalan Company was an army of light infantry under the leadership of Roger de Flor that was made up of Aragonese and Catalan mercenaries, known as Almogavars; Roger led the Company to Constantinople to help the Greeks against the Turks.
For a lapse of time (1308-1315) he was governor of Djerba after its conquest by the Crown of Aragon.[1]
Ramon Muntaner's Crònica is one of the four Catalan Grand Chronicles through which the historian views thirteenth- and fourteenth century military and political matters in the Crown of Aragon and the Principality of Catalonia.[2]
He died at Ibiza in 1336.
Notes edit
- ^ E. Michael Gerli (4 December 2013). Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 593–. ISBN 978-1-136-77161-3.
- ^ The other three sources are the autobiography of James I of Aragon, the chronicles of Bernard Desclot and the royal chronicle of Peter IV of Aragon.
References edit
- The Chronicle of Ramon Muntaner, translated into English by Lady Goodenough (pdf file)
- Crònica de Ramon Muntaner at the institut Lluís Vives, (in Catalan)
- Crònica de Ramon Muntaner at the University of Berkeley, selections, (in Catalan) at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2001-11-26)
External links edit
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Selections in Catalan, English and Spanish of Muntaner's Crònica (pedagogical edition) with introduction, notes, and bibliography in Open Iberia/América (open access teaching anthology)