An Unpublished and Unknown Document of the Chancellery of Queen Leonor Plantagenet
Abstract
Only one document was known from the royal chancellery of Leonor Plantagenet, queen consort of Castile; a charter issued in April 1179 and now preserved at in the archive of the Toledo Cathedral. But it was also known the existence of another charter dated in November ot that same year; a document originally kept in the medieval archives of the Hospital del Rey in Burgos and lost. The owner of such parchment has informed of its existence to the authors of this study, who offer here a historical, palaeographical and diplomatic analysis and a full transcription of the Latin text hitherto unknown. This discovery comes to confirm how original it was for the Spanish kingdoms in the Middle Ages the creation of royal house and chamber for a queen consort, and the availability and autonomous use of enough resources for the wife of Alfonso VIII.
Downloads
Article download
Crossmark
License
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal En la España Medieval is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.
En la España Medieval is an open access journal that does not charge authors for article processing (submission, review or editing) or publication.
