Joan Mercader: l'ofici d'historiador

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  • Josep M. Torras i Ribé

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Joan Mercader: the office of historian. Joan Mercader i Riba (Igualada, 1917-1989) was one of the best modernist historians of Catalonia. He was assistant professor at the history department of Barcelona University, belonging to the so-called «Vicens School», and a researcher at the Higher Council of Scientific Research in Madrid. He specialised in history of the Catalonia in the 1700s, the «War of the Frenchman» (Peninsular War) and the reign of Joseph Bonaparte. He founded and ran the Centre of County Studies of Igualada. In 1987 he was given the Saint George Cross by the government of Catalonia.

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2012-02-22

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Torras i Ribé, J. M. (2012). Joan Mercader: l’ofici d’historiador. Butlletí De La Societat Catalana d’Estudis Històrics, (22), 325–336. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/BSCEH/article/view/73490.001

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