Procès inquisitorial contra el castellà d'Amposta Fra Pedro Roi de Moros a la cúria pontificia del papa Benet XIII (I414-1418)

The Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó in Barcelona houses the original commital proceedings instituted by a court of cardinals set up by pope Benedict XIII in the year 1414 and teh trial itself of the lord of Amposta, Fra Pedro Roi de Moros, knight of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, who had been charged with indictable offences—concubinage, robbery, housing apostates, oath breaking and counterfeiting money, mismanagement of the Castlery's assets, excesses against his vassals, wasteful use of assets, dereliction and property abandonment— of which he was found guilty, and thereafter sentenced to losing the dignity of his lordship. Roi de Moros appealed to the Council of Constance as well as to pope Martin V. It would be to no avail. Roi de Moros paid a very high price for choosing to support count Jaume d'Urgell and deciding to oppose Ferran dAntequera and the policies of pope Benedict XIII. The follow up and analysis of the court′s records are very interesting for their human variety and interesting informations about fortresses, houses, barns, treaures and services there were in different locations of the Castlery of Amposta, such as Batea, Gandesa, Miravet, Ulldecona, Ascó and other towns and villages along the Ribera d′Ebre. The whole criminal prosecution bears a very peculiar historic interest mainly because the protagonists, the court procedures, and their causes are the link between the Interregnum in the Aragonese Crown and the fìnal days of the Western Schism. A l'Arxiu de la Corona d'Aragó de Barcelona es conserva el procés original instru t per un tribunal de cardenals creat pel papa Benet XIII l'any 1414 per jutjar el Castella d'Amposta, l'hospitaler Fra Pedro Roi de Moros, acusat de crims greus —concubinat, bandositats, recepció d’apòstates, perjuri i fabricació de moneda falsa, mala administració dels bens de la Castellania, comissió d'excessos contra els seus vassalls, dilapidado de bens i abando del patrimoni moble i immoble—, crims pels quais fou condemnat perdent la dignitat de Castella. Roi de Moros apeUà al Concili de Constan a i a la Cort del papa Marti V. De res no li serví. Roi de Moros va pagar cara la seva opció política a favor del comte Jaume d'Urgell i la seva oposició a Ferran d'Antequera i a la línia política del papa Luna. El seguiment i l'anàlisi de tot el procés resulten molt atractius per la densitat humana que hi respira i 1'interés de les informacions que dona sobre les fortaleses, cases, graners, tresors i serveis de diferents llocs de la Castellania d'Amposta com ara Batea, Gandesa, Miravet, Ulldecona, Ascó i altre