Interdisciplinary Conference organised to present the state of the art of the reign of Peter of Portugal and his patrimonial legacy.  The celebration this year of the 550th anniversary of his death provides us with the opportunity to carry out an exercise of memory about this little-known monarch, by the general public, and the heritage that he left us with in a period of our history which was both passionate and convulsive.  

Peter of Portugal, child of the royal household of Portugal and grandson of the last Count of Urgell, James the Unfortunate, is a character who spent a short but intense period during the history of Catalonia.  After having lived in the court of Portugal as son of the Regent of the Kingdom and having been Constable of Portugal and Grand Master of the Order of Aviz, he was an illustrious exile in Castella and a knight who was fond of writing who wrote various literary works of quality.  Finally, right in the middle of the civil war of the Catalan institutions against Joan II, he was chosen King with the name of Peter IV (1464-1466).

Course recognised by the Departament d’Ensenyament of the Generalitat de Catalunya as an activity of ongoing training aimed at teachers.

With the collaboration of the  S.E. Catedral Metropolitana de Barcelona

#ConestablePortugal 

PROGRAMME

Coordinator: Albert Estrada-Rius, Chief Conservator of the Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

Morning session (Sala Innova of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya)

9.00am Accreditation of the attendees

9.15-9:30am Presentation of the Conference

9.30-10.15am The Constable of Portugal: humanist prince

José Enrique Ruiz Doménec, Autonomous University of Barcelona

10.15-11.00am The Constable, a man of letters within the context of the learning of his time

Guillermo Serés, Autonomous University of Barcelona

11.00-11.30am Coffee break

11.30am-12.15pm Political context and government of Peter IV: historiographic and historic balance

Imma Muxella, doctor in history

12.15-1:00pm The currency paine pour joie and the chivalric culture in the era of the Constable

Joan Molina, University of Girona

1.00-1.45pm Currency in policy of the new king: the creation of the 'pacific' coinage.

Albert Estrada-Rius, Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

1.45-2.15pm Questions and answers

Free access of the attendees to the permanent numismatic room of the museum to see the pacífic d’or (the gold coin) of Barcelona

Afternoon session (Room of the Mare de Déu de la Mercè of the cathedral of Barcelona)

4.00-4.30pm Visit to the cathedral of Barcelona to see the sword of the Constable

4.30-5.00pm The sword of the Constable of Portugal from the cathedral of Barcelona

Lluïsa Amenós, doctor in Art History, and Marc Gener, National Centre of Metallurgical Research (CENIM-CSIC)

5.00-5.30pm The Chancellery of Pedro IV, the fortune of a condemned documentary collection

Alberto Torra, Archive of the Crown of Aragon

5.30-6.00pm The Constable Peter of Portugal and the epiphany of the Royal Chapel of Barcelona: reflections based on the altarpiece of the Adoration of the Magi by Jaume Huguet Rosa Alcoy, University of Barcelona

18:00-18:30 The sumptuous passion of Peter of Portugal: the delight for jewels

Joan Domenge, University Barcelona

6.30-7.00pm The reform of the Royal Palace of Barcelona: inventory of the architectural remains with the emblem of the Constable

Josep Bracons, History Museum of Barcelona MUHBA, and Ramon Pujades, History Museum of Barcelona MUHBA

7.00-7.30pm Questions and answers and final discussion