Published in New Approaches in the Research on the Crown of Aragon

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Public urbanism during the late middle ages in Valencia was regulated by the activity of the Jurats, their executive power, and the Junta de Murs i Valls, an institution created in 1358 to manage the constructions of walls, moats or roads inside the city’s boundaries. This institution (the Junta), however, was not provided with a legal basis until 1406 when an arbitral sentence between the city of Valencia and the military estate was promulgated. From this agreement or sentence, an edition of which is included in this article, we can know the legal and administrative development of this institution as well details on construction activities in medieval Valencia.