What information can I find in these documents?
What information can I find in this resource?
- Information about the organization of the City Council of Girona,
the city’s government and administration from the creation of the
Council of the City in 1284 to 1911.
- Information about the peasants groups in the Old Catalonian dioceses,
between 1448 and 1449.
Which documents are included?
- Minute Books of the City Council (1601-1911, 299 volumes)
Digitalized
- The Green, Red and Yellow Books of Privileges of the city
(1144-1702, 626 documents)
Digitalized | Summary | Indexed |
Transcribed
- Royal Letters to the Juries of Girona (1293-1713, 1.831 documents)
Summary | Indexed | Transcribed
- Parchments from Girona City Council’s fonds
(1144-1862, 2.265 documents)
Summary | Indexed
- Book of the Peasant Syndicate (1448-1449, 553 documents)
Digitalized | Summary | Indexed |
Transcribed
What are these documents?
- Minute Books of the City Council
Books that keep record of all the agreements taken by the City Council
and, later, at the council’s plenary sessions.
- Books of Privileges
Codices that contain the transcriptions of privileges, authorizations,
regulations and agreements between the royal authority and the city’s
representatives.
- Royal Letters
Documents issued by the Royal Chancellery and Royal Lieutenants that
contain orders, resolutions, designations, permissions, diplomatic
correspondence, announcements or various commands.
- Parchments
Documents of diverse typology written in parchment: privileges,
contracts of sales and purchase, wills, proprietary contracts, etc.
- Book of the Peasant Syndicate
Record book of all the peasants’ meetings convened in the Old Catalonian dioceses to demand the abolition of slavery and misuses. It includes references to more than 10.425 names of persons and to 912 locations.
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