The volumes that make up this chronicle have come down to us despite historical obstacles and difficulties. Of the four books that make up the work, only three books remain, since the first book, supposedly dedicated to the city of Valencia, is only known through the numerous allusions included by Viciana in the other chronicle books. On the other hand, numerous manuscript copies of the second book dedicated to the nobility have survived, despite the fact that it is the most persecuted book of Viciana's production. It is a history of the Valencian aristocratic lineages that soon aroused the interest of historians and bibliophiles due to the rarity of the copies, the difficulty of collecting the complete work and the obstacles that stood between the author's firm will to publish it and the hindrance it caused among the nobility of the Valencian Country.... [Leer más...]