Jaume Safont (1420–1487), called Jacme ça Font in contemporary records, was a
Catalan poet and notary.
From March 1436 he worked as a
scrivener for the municipal council of
Barcelona, his birthplace, and from July 1440 he worked in the
scriptorium of the
Generalitat de Catalunya. In that capacity he wrote the ''Dietari de la Generalitat'' for the years between 1454 and 1472. The Dietari is a daily record of events political, military, and religious for the use of the Generalitat. Jaume compiled his information for the
Diputació del General that covers the years between 1411 and 1478/84; his years are the most detailed and anecdotal. The ''Dietari'' was edited under the title ''Dietari, o, Llibre de jornades de Jaume Safont'' by Josep Maria Sans i Travé (Barcelona: Fundació Noguera, 1992).
In 1462 Jaume was named
procurator in charge of collecting the imposts known as the ''
generalitats''. In politics he was a member of the faction known as the
Biga and opposed the royal interests of
Alfonso the Magnanimous
Alfonso the Magnanimous (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfonso V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfonso I) from 1442 until his death. He was involved with struggles to the ...
. When the opponents of the Biga, the
Busca, removed the
Lieutenant of Catalonia
This is a list of Spanish viceroys (also called lieutenants) of the Principality of Catalonia from 1479 to 1713.
*1479–1493: Enrique de Aragón
*1493–1495: Juan de Lanuza y Garabito
*1495–1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia
*149 ...
,
Galceran de Requesens, and took control of the Barcelonan government in 1456, instituting protectionist reforms, Jaume records in his Dietari the tension that existed between the Biga-dominated Generalitat and the royally-supported Busca municipal council. During the
Catalan Civil War, he supported
Charles, Prince of Viana, against
John II.
Bibliography
*''Història de la Generalitat de Catalunya i els seus Presidents''. Barcelona: Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2003.
.
*
Riquer, Martí de (1964). ''Història de la Literatura Catalana'', vol. 1. Barcelona: Edicions Ariel.
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1420 births
1487 deaths
Politicians from Barcelona
Historians from Catalonia