December 29, 1387
The Historian's Notebook · Jonathan Seyfried
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Show Notes
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant's treasurer authorized a payment to a baker on her household staff. This episode introduces a new type of document to the podcast, a treasury record. In this document, a baker gets paid 356 sous for three months of work in Violant's household. After some sourcing and historical thinking about this document, the episode shifts to explain a little background about how Joan and Violant start planning the logistics of succession. This sets up for tomorrow's document, one that brings some high drama into the story.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan' s website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e5-dec29
Today's Document:
- Subject: A record of a payment to a ‘panier’ of the queen’s household;
- Date: payment for the period of October 1, 1386 to December 29, 1387;
- Day of the Week: Saturday;
- Archival Reference Number: ACA RP MR, vol. SG, 904, f72v. (image 95);
- Link to PARES;
- Place: Barcelona;
- Account Holder: Violant;
- Authorizer: Johan Callos;
- Recipient: Simon de Fornells;
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths