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Letter from commander Lladós to his French counterpart in Salau due to the arrest of a pastor from Alòs d’Isil and the attack of the miquelets on French towns

Date
1808
Archive
County Archives of Pallars Jussà
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT-ACPJ-14-200
Link to the online document
Description

The French War meant an attempt to change different uses and customs of the Pyrenean communities, among them the repeal of the employment rights known as patzeries (“lies et passeries” in France), even those that were recognized in the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659) where the border line was established and the different rights of reciprocal use of some border towns to communal ones the other side of the line. A good example is the document we are presenting, a letter from Commander Lladós to his French counterpart in Salau (France) for the arrest of a shepherd from Alòs d’Isil who was taking his flock to graze in the Salau communal farm. The arrest provoked the Catalan miquelets to attack different French towns, which is why the French commander complained about the attack on civilians.