Catalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into Catalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into the Catalan imaginary in his foundational long poem Mount Canigo (1886), recounting the his
Before its definitive fall into Turkish hands, the Byzantine Empire was the target of adventurers of many nations. Outstanding among these groups was the Almogaver army led by Roger of Flor, composed of mercenaries hardened in the war between the Catalan and Angevin dynasties for domination of Sicily. The Catalan presence in Constantinople aroused suspicion among the Greek nobility who assassinated Roger of Flor and tried to exterminate his me...
Presents cooks who have recorded their own methods of preparing the dishes and recipes, blending several culinary traditions in a single work. This title provides information on the cookery of the territories of the Crown of Aragon before the revolution caused by the arrival of products from the Americas.