The Archive of the Crown of Aragon. Seven hundred years of history / Alberto Torra Pérez
Torra Pérez, Alberto


En: Catalan Historical Review. Barcelona, núm. 15 (2022) , p. 69-78
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The Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó (Archive of the Crown of Aragon) was founded by King James II of Aragon in 1318 as a royal archive housed in his Barcelona palace, and it has existed continuously ever since then. This article presents its history over the course of these 700 years, with a special focus on the circumstances that led to its creation, and it explains its evolution within a broader historical context. This uninterrupted history of the Archive since its origins spans its evolution from an administrative archive at the exclusive service of the monarch to a historical archive open to research and a more general public today.