The personal memoir in the Catalan lands (16th-19th centuries) Authors Òscar Jané Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Abstract The written tradition in southern Europe becomes more than just a category when we examine personal writings from the Modern Age. They are the writings of an entire society, one that is mostly prosperous but both urban and especially rural, whose authors set downtheir personal memoirs primarily to understand their everyday lives and the events that were affecting society, both individually and collectively. If we compare them to the rest of Europe, Catalonia and all the Catalan lands conserve an important number of memoirs byprivate individuals, along with others that merit special attention because of either their content or the way they can be used.Keywords: Egodocuments, personal writings, literacy, written culture, women. Author Biography Òscar Jané, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Òscar Jané is an associate professor at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and coordinator of the Bachelor’s in Humanities since 2017. He has served as the ‘Ramón y Cajal’ researcher at the UAB (2010-2015), the ‘Beatriu de Pinós’ a researcher at the Universitat de Barcelona (2008-2010) and the ‘Juan de la Cierva’ researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2005-2008). He previously earned a post-doctoral fellowship at the Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail (2004-2005) and had studied History at the Université de Montpellier and the Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail (1994-1999). He holds a PhD in History from the Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2003). For some time, his research interests have included frontiers, collective identities, local history and personal writings, and he is interested in conflict archaeology. Downloads PDF Issue No. 14 (2021): Catalan Historical Review Section English Version License Submission of a manuscript to Catalan Historical Review implies: that the work described has not been published before, including publication on the World Wide Web (except in the form of an Abstract or as part of a published lecture, review, or thesis); that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that all coauthors have agreed to its publication. The corresponding author signs for and accepts responsibility for releasing this material and will act on behalf of any and all co-authors regarding the editorial review and publication processes.If an article is accepted for publication in Catalan Historical Review, the authors (or other copyright holder) must transfer to the journal the copyright, which covers the right —not exclusive— to reproduce and distribute the article including reprints, translations, photographic reproductions microform, electronic form (offline, online) or any other reproductions of similar nature. Nevertheless, all articles in Catalan Historical Review will be available on the internet to any reader at no cost. The journal allows users to freely download, copy, print, distribute, search, and link to the full text of any article, provided the authorship and source of the published article is cited. The copyright owner’s consent does not include copying for new works, or resale.In these cases, the specific written permission of Catalan Historical Review must first be obtained.Authors are requested to create a link to the published article on the journal’s website. The link must be accompanied by the following text: ‘‘The original publication is available on LINK at http://revistes.iec.cat/chr/. Please use the appropriate URL for the article in LINK. Articles disseminated via LINK are indexed, abstracted, and referenced by many abstracting and information services, bibliographic networks, subscription agencies, library networks, and consortia. ISSN: 2013-4088 (electronic edition); 2013-407X (print edition)
