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Sibila de Fortia se convirtio en esposa del rey Pedro el Ceremonioso y reina de Aragon en unas circunstancias inusuales que supusieron una crisis de legitimidad desde los albores de su reinado. En el presente articulo, se analiza como la reina Sibila, para compensar las debilidades de su pasado y fortalecer su imagen como meritoria ostentadora de la dignidad regia, desarrollo en los primeros anos de su reinado una estrategia de afirmacion personal basada en la demostracion, promocion y proteccion de la religiosidad en la Corona de Aragon en momentos tan significativos como el Cisma de Occidente.

In September 2020, the e-Conference ‘Monarchy and Money. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Economics and Finances of Monarchical Rule’ was organised by Charlotte Backerra (University of Gottingen) an...

This work explores the inequality of wealth in Spain during the late Middle Ages from six cities located in the kingdoms of Castile (Seville) and the Crown of Aragon (Barcelona, Valencia, Mallorca, Castelló and Valls), through tax sources that inform about the wealth of each taxpayer. These records provide very precise data on the wealth distribution that allow us to study inequality in an aggregate manner for the same city and, at the same time, perform sectoral analyses according to gender, different socio-professio¬nal groups and urban districts.

The volume "Reginae Iberia" is a compilation of some of the papers presented at the International Congress on Queens and Infantas in Medieval Iberian Kingdoms, held in Santiago de Compostela from the 21 st to 23 rd May 2014. The editors of this volume, Miguel Garcia and Silvia Cernadas, selected a total of 12 articles, which despite focussing on very different topics, all served to emphasise a shared central idea. With these articles, the editors aimed to present a range of new and complementary readings on the Iberian monarchy, whilst highlighting the leading role of women at the heart of these houses and challenging the perception that they served purely for decorative or reproductive purposes

Durante la Baja Edad Media algunas reinas consortes de la Corona de Aragón ejercieron la Lugartenencia real, un cargo gubernamental por el cual ocupaban la posición propia de su marido, convirtiéndose en su alter ego. En el presente artículo pretendemos esclarecer los detalles de la primera Lugartenencia ejercida por una reina en la Corona de Aragón, dilucidar los motivos de su elección y la importancia que tendría para los posteriores monarcas. During the Late Middle Ages some queens consort of the Crown of Aragon were designated as lieutenants. Lieutenancy was a governmental office in which the king delegated all his power during a period of absence. In the present article we intend to clarify the details of the first Lieutenancy exercised by a queen in the Crown of Aragon and to explain the reasons for her election and its importance for the following monarchs. Durante o final da Idade Média algumas rainhas consortes da Coroa de Aragão foram designadas como lugartenientes. A Tenência era um cargo governamental em que o rei delegou todo seu poder durante um período de ausência. No presente artigo pretendemos esclarecer os pormenores da primeira tenência exercida por uma rainha na Coroa de Aragão e explicar as razões da sua eleição ea importância para os monarcas posteriores.

Wealth inequality in pre-industrial societies is a newly reinvigorated topic in economic history. Late medieval historians, particularly those of Iberia, face the challenge to catch up with their early modern counterparts. This proves completely possible due to the existence of analytic methods already developed in economics, as well as tax sources based on patrimony estimates of tax-payers. With the aim of addressing such a topic, this essay analyses three cases coming from various late medieval Iberian populations: Valls (1378), Seville (1384) and Palma (1478). In the case of Valls and Sevile the evidence has been based on transcriptions of available material, while for Palma we have studied a original unpublised record. Part one poses the limits and possibilities of the usage of these sources for the study of inequality in the late medieval context. Part two explains the foundations of our methodology, which relies on the calculation of Gini coefficients and deciles-based wealth distribution, as applied to these sources. Finally, part three shows provisional evidence from the viewpoint of inequality between occupational groups, rural and urban populations and, in the end, men and women. El interés por la desigualdad en la riqueza entre las sociedades preindustriales se ha reavivado con fuerza en la historia económica. Los historiadores consagrados al período bajomedieval, y más concretamente de la Península ibérica, tienen por delante el reto de ponerse a la altura de sus compañeros modernistas. Algo posible gracias a la existencia de métodos de análisis ya desarrollados en la disciplina económica, y de fuentes fiscales basadas en una estimación del patrimonio de los contribuyentes. Con el fin de aproximar el tema, este trabajo analiza tres casos concretos, procedentes de diversas poblaciones peninsulares bajomedievales: Valls (1378), Sevilla (1384) y Palma (1478). En el caso de Valls y Sevilla, se ha recurrido a transcripciones o material ya publicado, mientras que para el caso de Palma se ha estudiado un registro original inédito. La primera parte plantea los límites y posibilidades del uso de estas fuentes para el estudio de la desigualdad en el contexto bajomedieval. La segunda explica los fundamentos de nuestra metodología, basada en el cálculo de coeficientes de Gini y el análisis de la distribución de la riqueza por deciles, aplicada a esta fuente concreta. La tercera y última parte muestra algunos resultados provisionales, fundamentalmente, desde la perspectiva de las desigualdades entre grupos sociales, entre poblaciones rurales y urbanas y, finalmente, entre hombres y mujeres.

Ressenya a Theresa Earenfight, Queenship in medieval Europe, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013, 356 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-27646-8