Episode notes
In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, a letter in Joan's name to the authorities in the province of Aragon castigated them for allowing feuding bandos to despoil the region around Jaca.
Today's episode also includes a document reunion: the outgoing copy and the archival copy of the letter are reunited today after six centuries of separation.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan's website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e155-may28
Today's Document:
- Subject: the failure of the enforcement of law and order in the mountains of Jaca
- Date: May 28, 1387
- Day of the Week: Tuesday
- Language: Aragonese
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