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[[File:Jaume_I_Mey.jpg|thumb|Portrait of James I in the edition of 1557 of the chronicle of Muntaner.]]
The '''chronicle of Muntaner''' is the longest of the four big chronic and comprises from the engendramiento of James I the Conquistador ([[1207]]) until the coronation of Alfonso Benigno (1328). It was written by the soldier and chronicler Ramón Muntaner between [[1325]] and [[1332]].{{Quote box|Y cuando dichos oficiales, y el noble Berenguer Carrós y la compañía del señor Rey entraron en Caller, izaron en la torre de San Brancats un gran estandarte real del señor Rey, y luego en cada una de las otras torres otro estandarte y muchos pendones reales menores. Y por la gracia de Dios, antes de que dichas banderas y pendones fueran izados, no hacía nada de viento, pero en cuanto fueron izados, se levantó un viento suave del sudoeste, el más hermoso del mundo, que desplegó todas las banderas y pendones. Y fue la más hermosa visión que nunca tuvieron los que bien quieren a la Casa de Aragón.|''Crónica de Ramon Muntaner'', cap. 290}}Muntaner Kept a personal relation with all the kings of the House of Aragon<ref>Ramón Muntaner se refirió siempre a la dinastía como «Casal d'Aragó» o «Casa d'Aragó», ''cfr.'' </ref> that went his contemporary. When writing his work, resorted especially to the texts [[Historiography|historiográficos]] for the subjects on the reigns of James I and Pedro the Big. From Alfonso Franco his almost exclusive source was his own experience.

The work was written to be read in high voice. Whenever it heads to his ''listeners'', is used to to appoint them like "gentlemen". Muntaner Achieves to establish a direct communication with his viewers. For this uses typical technicians of the juglar like the question "''què us will say?''" ("''What will say you?''") In addition to using an alive and colloquial language. It employs popular expressions and sayings, as well as references to the [[Chivalric romance|books of cavalries]].

The fundamental aim of the work is the one to glorify to the kings of the [[Crown of Aragon|Crown of Aragon.]] The blood, a common destination and the tongue (to which calls ''the bell catalanesc'') are the elements that integrate the base of the Aragonese community. The consciousness of the danger of division and the value of the union remain also expressed in his chronicle, especially in the example of Kills ''it'' of Jonc. The chronicle of Muntaner is also a valuable testimony on the expeditions of the almogávares.

== See also ==
* Four big chronic
* Llibre dels fets
* Chronicle of Bernat Desclot
* Chronicle of Pedro the Ceremonioso

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/46861641323253942754491/index.htm Manuscript of the] [http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/servlet/SirveObras/46861641323253942754491/index.htm ''Chronicle of Muntaner''].

* [[Catalan language|Catalan]] [http://books.google.com/books?id=KwAZ55VsDFIC&printsec=titlepage&hl=es&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 bilingual edition] - Spanish, of 1860, in [[Google Books]].

* [http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/muntaner/table.htm French text], with electronic index, table of matters and introduction, in the [http://remacle.org/ place] of Philippe Remacle (1944 - 2011).
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