Santiago Sobrequés i la història social del poder: entre el present de l'historiador i el passat medieval

Abstract

Santiago Sobrequés Vidal and the social history of power: between the present of the historian and the medieval past. In 1974 I wrote a biography of Santiago Sobrequés, in which I pointed out his historiographical work. I made a brief description of the most important books and articles of this historian, I summarised their content and underlined the merits. For this lecture I have not thought it advisable to repeat myself. I consider that it is more appropriate to examine the links between Sobrequés civic life and his historiographical work. I believe that I have found the explanation of these links on a few lines written in 1970. Although the words used in this essay may seem topical and borrowed, we believe that the ideas are sincere: they show what the historian thought of himself and his profession.