La fi del comte d'Urgell
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La fi del comte d'Urgell or Scriptura privada is an anonymous Catalan
political tract written during the Catalonian Civil War
(1462–72) by an enemy of king John II
. Largely composed of personal stories, including that of the death of James II of Urgell
, whose right to the throne is championed. The decadence of the great noble families who supported Ferdinand of Antequera in the Compromise of Caspe
is portrayed as a divine curse on them. The earliest known manuscript of La fi dates from 1598 and its editor, Xavier de Salas Bosch (1931), considers it a sixteenth-century work, though most commentators prefer a fifteenth century provenance, some suggesting as early as 1410–33.
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
political tract written during the Catalonian Civil War
Catalonian Civil War
The Catalonian Civil War, also called the War against John II, was a civil war in the Principality of Catalonia between 1462 and 1472. The two factions, the royalists who supported John II of Aragon and the Catalan constitutionalists , disputed the extent of royal rights in Catalonia...
(1462–72) by an enemy of king John II
John II of Aragon
John II the Faithless, also known as the Great was the King of Aragon from 1458 until 1479, and jure uxoris King of Navarre from 1425 until his death. He was the son of Ferdinand I and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque...
. Largely composed of personal stories, including that of the death of James II of Urgell
James II of Urgell
James II was the Count of Urgell , Viscount of Àger, and lord of Antillón, Alcolea de Cinca, and Fraga...
, whose right to the throne is championed. The decadence of the great noble families who supported Ferdinand of Antequera in the Compromise of Caspe
Compromise of Caspe
The Compromise of Caspe made in 1412 was an act and resolution of parliamentary representatives on behalf of the Kingdoms of Aragon and Valencia and the County of Barcelona, to resolve the interregnum commenced by the death of King Martin I of Aragon in 1410 without a legitimate heir, in Caspe.The...
is portrayed as a divine curse on them. The earliest known manuscript of La fi dates from 1598 and its editor, Xavier de Salas Bosch (1931), considers it a sixteenth-century work, though most commentators prefer a fifteenth century provenance, some suggesting as early as 1410–33.