The ''Llibre del Repartiment'' is a record book in which the king's scribes recorded the pledges of properties at the completion of a conquest. The document includes only properties that were ceded to the monarch after the
conquest of the island of Majorca in 1229. It meticulously recorded the houses or land donations made by
James I to the
Aragonese and
Catalan nobles and ultimately to all who participated in the crusade for the conquest of
Majorca
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. Of course, the properties had been expropriated from the Muslims who had previously inhabited the island of Majorca.
This book is kept in the "l'Arxiu del Regne de Mallorca" in the city of
Palma
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, but actually consists of two volumes: one bilingual in
Latin and
Arabic, and another in
Catalan.
The groups that had greater involvement in the company were Barcelona and Marseille, the first with a total of 877 horses and the second with 636, followed by the
Knights Templar
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which had 525.
See also
*''
Llibre del Repartiment''
References
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History of the Balearic Islands
History of Catalonia
Medieval Catalan literature