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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mutos Xicola, Céline (Date of defense: 2022-06-27)
The charity institutions of the early modern Europe have not traditionally been seen as spaces with an economic, and particularly manufacturing, dimension. Although they housed a variety of craft workshops ...
Pitarch Fernández, Daniel (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)
This dissertation studies the thought of filmmaker and essayist Jean Epstein, focusing on the motif of the body and the organism in his writings and incorporating his unpublished work into the object ...
Zamora Bretones, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2020-11-20)
At the end of Middle Ages, Barcelonese authorities had extended their authority over areas which, in principle, were exclusive competence of the Church, such as charity, morality or education. This ...
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 ...
Montroig Cruset, Sara (Date of defense: 2023-04-14)
The present work, based on unpublished documentation such as the Llibre del Collegi de Argenters de Gerona sots invocasio del Glorios St. Aloy, y St. Anastasi of the Biblioteca de Catalunya, focuses on ...
Villalón Barragán, Sebastià (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)
The objective of this report is to study causes and consequences of substituting annuity for obligation in the final period of the Ancient Regime in Catalonia (1768-1840), affording special attention ...
Guitart Molina, Mateu (Date of defense: 2022-02-14)
The history of Gerona changed suddenly with the Treaty of the Pyrenees because the cordon established by then (basically, Perpignan and the fortress of Salses) was dismantled. The inability of the Spanish ...