The identity model in the Kingdom of Mallorca in the Low Middle Ages

Abstract

The Kingdom of Mallorca defined its model of identity through the Late Middle Ages. In this period, it was creating its most characteristic features in various areas such as institutional, territorial, judicial, or fiscal among others. In the thirteen Century, the Christian occupation of the Balearic Islands set the regulatory framework of coexistence of settlers and encouraged the creation of a new administration at all levels, while Majorcan dynasty favoured the projected level image inside and outside of the Kingdom of Mallorca, and the consolidation of the institutional organization in those areas where it was still incipient. However, not all processes were successful. The heterogeneity of the territories that made up the Kingdom of Mallorca didn’t allow the construction of a national identity.