Council, City and Citizens. Citizenship between legal and daily experiences in 15th century Barcelona
Abstract
This article is an attempt to analyse citizenship in Late Medieval Barcelona in all its richness and complexity through the rather exceptional sources that have been conserved on this topic: the Informacions de la Ciutadania. The first section will discuss the progressive articulation of a citizenship law in medieval Barcelona, in order to understand the context in which these sources appeared. Subsequently, a detailed analysis of the Informacions will make it possible to contrast this more legal approach to citizenship with its daily experience and perception
Este artículo pretende analizar la ciudadanía de la Barcelona bajomedieval en toda su riqueza y complejidad, tal y cómo la presentan las fuentes excepcionales que se han conservado a este respecto: las Informacions de la Ciutadania. En un primer lugar, se presentará la progresiva articulación de una ley de la ciudadanía en la Barcelona de los siglos XIII y XIV. Con ello, se pretende dar a entender el contexto en el que dichas fuentes aparecieron, ya a finales del siglo XIV. En segundo lugar, el análisis se concentrará en las Informacions, permitiendo contrastar esta dimensión legal de la ciudadanía con su percepción y experiencia más cotidiana.
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