Making and keeping agreements in medieval Catalonia, 1000-1200

The author proposes an explanation of the diplomatic, judicial and political context in which the convenientia emerged -a documentary typology which establishes an individual and private agreement in Catalonia during the 11th and 12th centuries, concerning a wide variety of legal acts-, tracing a description of the development of the development of its political and social employment as an important element of structure. He also indicates the causes of its further declineL'autor proposa una explicació del context diplomàtic, jurídic i polític de l'aparició de la convenientia -una tipologia documental que estableix un contracte individual i privat al voltant d'una àmplia diversitat d'actes jurídics, a la Catalunya dels segles XI i XII. Estudia el desenvolupament del seu ús social i polític com un element important d'estructura i assenyala les causes de la seva decadènci