The Archive of the Crown of Aragon. Seven hundred years of history

• Alberto Torra Pérez ^[1]
  1. [1] Arxiu de la Corona d’Aragó
• Localización: Catalan Historical Review, ISSN-e 2013-4088, Nº. 15, 2022, págs. 69-78
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The Arxiu de la Corona d’Aragó (Archive of the Crown of Aragon) was founded by King James II of Aragon in 1318 as a royal archive housed in his Barcelona palace, and it has existed continuously ever since then. This article presents its history over the course of these 700 years, with a special focus on the circumstances that led to its creation, and it explains its evolution within a broader historical context. This uninterrupted history of the Archive since its origins spans its evolution from an administrative archive at the exclusive service of the monarch to a historical archive open to research and a more general public today.