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In the twelfth century, in the midst of the complex process of feudalization, a family with strong ties to the powerful barons of Castellví Castellví de Rosanesbecame castellans of CastellbisbalCastellbisbal, a landed castle by the Llobregat riverLlobregat River, not far from BarcelonaBarcelona. The family adopted the name of Castellbisbal as its own, and gave rise to a dynasty of Catalan petty lords that had the castle at the core of its stately identity. In the mid-fifteenth century, Joan de CastellbisbalCastellbisbal, Joan de followed King AlfonsoAlfonso the Magnanimous, King of Aragon in the conquest of Naples, and from then on, the main branch of the family became established in Southern ItalyItaly. There, they prospered and, thanks to the Crown’s favour, became landed aristocrats. The family underwent a process of Italianization, and was integrated among the cosmopolitan elite that served as courtiers and royal officers in the vast domains of the emerging Habsburgs. With this dramatic change of fortune, the relationship with the family’s original dynastic core was transformed. In this chapter we will explore how, with their new-found position and identity, the Castellbisbal managed their ancient Catalan domain, and what role did the old castle play in maintaining a sense of belonging that never completely severed its ancient links with CataloniaCatalonia and BarcelonaBarcelona.

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From the Core to the Margins, and Back to the Core: The Lordship of Castellbisbal in the Construction of a Dynastic Identity (Fifteenth–Sixteenth Centuries)

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    2025年

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  • Pol Bridgewater Mateu

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In the twelfth century, in the midst of the complex process of feudalization, a family with strong ties to the powerful barons of Castellví Castellví de Rosanesbecame castellans of CastellbisbalCastellbisbal, a landed castle by the Llobregat riverLlobregat River, not far from BarcelonaBarcelona. The family adopted the name of Castellbisbal as its own, and gave rise to a dynasty of Catalan petty lords that had the castle at the core of its stately identity. In the mid-fifteenth century, Joan de CastellbisbalCastellbisbal, Joan de followed King AlfonsoAlfonso the Magnanimous, King of Aragon in the conquest of Naples, and from then on, the main branch of the family became established in Southern ItalyItaly. There, they prospered and, thanks to the Crown’s favour, became landed aristocrats. The family underwent a process of Italianization, and was integrated among the cosmopolitan elite that served as courtiers and royal officers in the vast domains of the emerging Habsburgs. With this dramatic change of fortune, the relationship with the family’s original dynastic core was transformed. In this chapter we will explore how, with their new-found position and identity, the Castellbisbal managed their ancient Catalan domain, and what role did the old castle play in maintaining a sense of belonging that never completely severed its ancient links with CataloniaCatalonia and BarcelonaBarcelona.