Chapter 4. Municipal Strategy
From the very beginning of his reign, the nobles battled with Jaume I and he fought with a variety of weapons: force, his prestige as king, written law, pardon and clemency, and a policy of giving municipal authority to the cities in his kingdoms, among them Barcelona. Stefano Cingolani speaks of the real and symbolic relationship between Jaume I and the city of Barcelona, the biggest and most powerful city in Catalonia in the 13th century. Sebastià Riera, archivist at the City History Archives, picks his way through the long and complex process of creating and organising the Consell de Cent (Council of One Hundred).