Season 1, Episode 127

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Violant relates the details of how Joan nearly died from an illness that struck him on Sunday evening. The king’s extremities turned cold and he received last rites.

Episode 127

ACA CR R2037 f17r [Source: PARES](https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/12760375) — ACA CR R2037 f17r Source: PARES

ACA CR R2037 f17v [Source: PARES](https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/12760375) — ACA CR R2037 f17v Source: PARES

Today’s Document

Subject: a detailed account of Joan’s near death experience on Sunday evening
Date: April 30, 1387
Day of the Week: Tuesday
Language: Catalan
Archival Reference Number: ACA CR R2037 f17r-v
Link to PARES
Place: Barcelona
Sender: Violant
Recipients: Crown of Aragon’s ambassadors to the Papal Court in Avignon

Page 100 from Daniel Girona i Llagostera’s Itinerary for Joan

Page 100 of Girona i Llagostera's Itinerari. Notice how no document could be found dated May 5th, but documents could be found for all the other days around the time of Joan's severe illness. See [Episode 4](e4-dec28) for a longer explanation of Girona i Llagostera's project. [Source: Daniel Girona i Llagostera, “Itinerari de l’Infant En Joan, Fill Del Rei En Pere III. 1350-1387.”](https://books.google.com/books?id=ntJTOjpltb0C) — Page 100 of Girona i Llagostera’s Itinerari. Notice how no document could be found dated May 5th, but documents could be found for all the other days around the time of Joan’s severe illness. See Episode 4 for a longer explanation of Girona i Llagostera’s project. Source: Daniel Girona i Llagostera, “Itinerari de l’Infant En Joan, Fill Del Rei En Pere III. 1350-1387.”

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