In the Crown of Aragon, 639 years ago, Violant's treasurer authorized a payment to a baker on her household staff. This episode introduces a new type of document to the podcast, a treasury record. In this document, a baker gets paid 356 sous for three months of work in Violant's household. After some sourcing and historical thinking about this document, the episode shifts to explain a little background about how Joan and Violant start planning the logistics of succession. This sets up for tomorrow's document, one that brings some high drama into the story.
Read more about this document on the episode page on Jonathan' s website, https://jonathanseyfried.net/historians-notebook-s1-episodes/e5-dec29
Today's Document:
Music Credits
The music in this episode is from The Troubadour Dance Instrumental by Melody Ayers-Griffiths
