Ferran Soldevila i el cànon historiogràfic català contemporani

Abstract

Ferran Soldevila and the contemporary Catalan historiographical canon. Soldevila is the central figure in the Catalan historiographical canon. His work, pioneering in many aspects, must be considered as emblematic in its synthesis of historiographical tradition and innovation and modernity. His synthesis of the history of Catalonia, the first in contemporary historiography, and his monographic works on the Catalan Middle Ages share a desire to make Catalan history a benchmark for Europe and to place his country within universality. He was able to fuse historiography and political thought. Soldevila always placed the study of Catalonias past at the service of national and Catalan demands, without this diminishing the thoroughness or scientific objectivity of his work. He was also a top class journalist and his articles have great documentary value.