Chapter 2. Military Leader
Jaume I says in the Llibre dels fets that the conquest of Majorca and Valencia was the idea of his nobles, who encouraged him to go ahead with it. That was not exactly the case. Stefano Cingolani believes this allowed the king to present himself as the leader of a joint venture in which the military contribution of the nobles was indispensable. To find out more about the Majorca campaign we turn to two Barcelona murals — in the Saló del Tinell and the Palau Berenguer d'Aguilar — and seek the help of Victòria Mora, from the City History Museum, and Jordi Camps, from the Catalonia National Art Museum.