Gesta comitum Barcinonensium

The Gesta comitum Barcinonensium[1] ("Deeds of the counts of Barcelona")[2] is a Latin chronicle composed in three stages by some monks of Santa Maria de Ripoll and recounting the reigns of the Counts of Barcelona from Wifred I (878–97) to James II (1291–1327), as late as 1299.

In presenting the rulers of the county of Barcelona as the descendants of Charlemagne, the monks sought to justify their independent policy with respect to the King of France, their nominal sovereign.

The first composition was made between 1162 and 1184 and ended with the reign of Raymond Berengar IV (1131–62).

The final Latin version was edited in 1303–14 and included the reigns of Peter the Great (1276–87), Alfonso the Generous (1287–91), and James II.

A copy of one of the latter was taken to France by Pierre de Marca and published in 1688 by Étienne Baluze.