I castelli della Sicilia nell'età aragonese-catalana (1282-1400) 

    Maurici, Ferdinando (Date of defense: 2021-09-13)

    The long fourteenth century in Sicily can begin with the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers (1282) and end with the Congress of Caspe, the arrival of the first viceroy on the island and the defeat of the last baronial rebellions ...

    Intercessió celestial i mecenatge sacre: la imatge del sant patró ciutadà a la Barcelona moderna (1517-1760) 

    Farías Muñoz, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-03-16)

    During the early modern age, the patron saint was a key element in the configuration and definition of urban identities, impregnated with an important sacred component. In this context, strongly influenced by the post-Tridentine ...

    Joseph Bernard Flaugier (1757-1813). Vida i obra 

    Agustí, Francesc (Date of defense: 2022-11-30)

    Joseph Bernard Flaugier was born in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, on December 10, 1757. On January 23, 1775, the Escola Gratuïta de Dibuix of Barcelona was inaugurated and Flaugier was one of the first students. After ...

    L'emmagatzematge de cereals en sitges durant l'antiguitat tardana en els bisbats de Girona i Empúries 

    Prat Vilà, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)

    Around the Fifth century AD, the use of silos as storage structures reappeared in force throughout large areas of Western Europe. This phenomenon also concerned the territories of the bishoprics of Girona and Empúries. ...

    La influència del pensament de Joan Fuster en les cultures polítiques dels Països Catalans (1960-1992) 

    Rico i Garcia, Antoni (Date of defense: 2018-01-22)

    Joan Fuster was one of the most prominent intellectuals of the Catalan Letters in the last century. His national thought and the construction of a Valencian identity which was an alternative to the existing one, was central ...

    L’associacionisme arqueològic a Catalunya en el segon franquisme i la transició. Estudi del cas del Grup de Prehistòria i Arqueologia del Museu de Berga 

    Farguell Magnet, Josep (Date of defense: 2020-09-22)

    The purpose of this research work is focused on the archaeological practice that was carried out from the archaeological associations in Catalonia. The Renaixença cultural movement claimed a glorious past in Catalonia ...

    L’ós de les cavernes (Ursus spelaeus) a Catalunya 

    Millan Arnau, Ferran (Date of defense: 2023-06-21)

    This study comprises an examination of the osteological remains of populations of cave bears (Ursus spelaeus, Rosenmüller, 1794) found in the Late Middle Palaeolithic layers of three caves in northeastern Catalonia, Spain: ...

    El movimiento social cristiano en los siglos I al IV: un análisis sociológico de la historia 

    Pascual i Esteve, Josep M. (Josep Maria), 1953- (Date of defense: 2022-07-19)

    “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Mt.6, 7-15) This prayer attributed to Jesus by the Synoptic Gospels, read in its historical-sociological context, clearly indicates the call for a new ...

    Nivells de vida, dinàmiques socials i canvi històric. L'àrea de Besalú, 1750-1850 

    Serramontmany, Albert (Date of defense: 2016-02-08)

    This thesis researches the rural uplands district of Besalú from 1750 to 1850. The thesis emphasizes how Besalú area achieved a high level of population in spite of apparent limitations in agriculture through the integration ...

    L'obrador d'Antoni Peitaví i la producció de retaules als comtats del Rosselló i la Cerdanya (c. 1560-1592) 

    Vázquez Vives, Adrià (Date of defense: 2022-11-17)

    This research paper focuses on the study of the professional career of the painter Antoni Peitaví and his workshop. Furthermore, it presents a critical analysis of his artistic culture. Born in Toulouse in the mid-16th ...

    Parentela aristocràtica, domini i projecció sociopolítica. Els vescomtes de Cabrera entre 1199 i 1423 

    Martínez Giralt, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2016-02-10)

    La present tesi doctoral vol ser una contribució a la millora i a l'ampliació delconeixement que es té del passat medieval dels vescomtes de Cabrera, una de les famílies més rellevants de l'alta aristocràcia medieval ...

    El "Servicio de Defensa del Patrimonio Artístico Nacional" i el control franquista del patrimoni a Catalunya durant la Guerra Civil. Agents militaritzats, assessors, propaganda i burocràcia a la "Comisaría de la Zona de Levante" (1938-1940) 

    Caballé Colom, Eduard (Date of defense: 2024-02-09)

    The present work addresses the actions carried out by the first government of Burgos in the field of cultural heritage in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War, through the Comisaría de la Zona de Levante of the Servicio ...

    Sobre la forma de los arbotantes en las fábricas góticas 

    Samper Sosa, Albert (Date of defense: 2024-01-25)

    Flying buttresses have been extensively studied from a mechanical, constructive or descriptive point of view. The references on its geometric aspects are practically scarce and unfortunately, we have to go back to 1854 to ...

    El suburbium de Gerunda. Evolució històrica del pla de Girona en època romana 

    Palahí Grimal, Lluís (Date of defense: 2013-10-11)

    This doctoral thesis aims to go deep on the knowledge of the city of Gerunda in the Roman period using as a main source of information the data about its suburbium, especially thanks to several archaeological projects ...

    "Visch de mon treball y seguint los amos". Francesos i treballadors a la Catalunya de mas (Bisbat de Girona, ss. XVI-XVII) 

    Barquer Cerdà, Arnau (Date of defense: 2019-01-25)

    Since carachterization of French migration during 16th and 17th centuries in the Bishopric of Girona, I obtained huge data pointing out the strong presence of treballador label, mainly among French immigrants, increasing ...