The Customs of Catalonia between Lords and Vassals by the Barcelona Canon, Pere Albert: A Practical Guide to Castle Feudalism in Medieval Spain

From the study of such practical handbooks, social and political historians of the Middle Ages may gain a more nuanced view of the legal relations of lords and vassals in Catalonia, one of the most "feudalized" areas of early medieval Europe. Kagay makes this material accessible with an English translation and places the work and its author in the context of other thirteenth-century legal handbooks as well as the "feudalism debate" of the twentieth century.

Translated with commentary by Donald J. Kagay