Francesca Vendrell i Gallostra (1902, in Barcelona – 1994, in Barcelona) was a Medieval historian and Professor of Latin, Spanish and Literature.[1]
Francesca Vendrell i Gallostra | |
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| Born | 1902 |
| Died | 1994 (92 years old) Barcelona, Spain |
| Alma mater | Universitat de Barcelona |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse | Josep Maria Millàs i Vallicrosa |
She studied humanities in Barcelona and got her degree in 1921. She completed her PhD in 1931 with the thesis La corte literaria de Alfonso V de Aragón y tres poetas de la misma (1933). In 1984 she became a member of the Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona, where she read her acceptance speech Margarida de Prades en el regnat de Ferran d'Antequera.[2]
She started her career in 1922 as a volunteer assistant in the Balmes High School (Barcelona), and she became a permanent teacher in 1928. She worked for three months in Manresa in the academic year 1934–1935. She married the Jewish historian Josep Maria Millàs i Vallicrosa in 1935 and took leave until January 1938, when she started to work in a high school in Vilafranca del Penedès. She went back to work in the Balmes High School after the Civil War, and she published several academic papers on Medieval history.[3]
Works
editVendrell published her studies in several scientific journals such as Sefarad. Her research focused mainly on the reign of Ferdinand I and the role of Jews and converts in the Crown of Aragon during the 15th cent.
- En torno a la redacción del acta de Caspe, 1957
- La aljama de Teruel y la proclamación de Fernando de Antequera, 1962–63
- El cancionero de palacio edició crítica, 1946
- Jaume el Dissortat, darrer comte d'Urgell, 1956, in collaboration with Àngels Masià de Ros
- Los cancioneros del siglo XV, in Historia general de las literaturas hispánicas dirigida, edited by G. Díaz-Plaja
- Rentas reales de Aragón de la época de Fernando I (1412–1416), 1977
- Violante de Bar y el Compromiso de Caspe, Barcelona, Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona [ca], 1992
References
edit- ^ 1898, entre la crisi d'identitat i la modernització : actes del congrés internacional, celebrat a Barcelona, 20–24 d'abril de 1998 (1st ed.). Barcelona: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat. 2000. ISBN 9788484152064. OCLC 47295962.
- ^ "Francesca Vendrell i Gallostra". L'Enciclopèdia.cat. Barcelona: Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. [Consulta: 25 octubre 2015].
- ^ "Els mestres de la República a Manresa. Trajectòries, pedagogies i depuracions. Vendrell i Galostra, Francesca". Memòria.cat [Consulta: 25 octubre 2015].