The personal memoir in the Catalan lands (16th-19th centuries)

The written tradition in southern Europe becomes more than just a category when we examine personal writings from the Modern Age. They are the writings of an entire society, one that is mostly prosperous but both urban and especially rural, whose authors set down their personal memoirs primarily to...

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Published inCatalan historical review Vol. 14; pp. 35 - 49
Main Author Òscar Jané
Format Journal Article
LanguageCatalan
Published Institut d'Estudis Catalans 01.11.2021
Subjects
egodocuments
literacy
personal writings
women
written culture
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Summary:The written tradition in southern Europe becomes more than just a category when we examine personal writings from the Modern Age. They are the writings of an entire society, one that is mostly prosperous but both urban and especially rural, whose authors set down their personal memoirs primarily to understand their everyday lives and the events that were affecting society, both individually and collectively. If we compare them to the rest of Europe, Catalonia and all the Catalan lands conserve an important number of memoirs by private individuals, along with others that merit special attention because of either their content or the way they can be used.
ISSN:2013-407X
2013-4088
DOI:10.2436/20.1000.01.175