Dr. Luis Javier Fortún Pérez de Ciriza

D. in History (1991) from the University of Navarra, with Extraordinary award of licentiate degree and doctorate, as well as National award Fin de degree program. Since 1984 he is Archivist-Librarian of the Parliament of Navarra.

Previously he was Professor (1980-1983) and Full Professor Numerary of high school diploma (1983-1984), as well as teaching assistant (1978-1980) and Adjunct Professor (1980-1993) of Medieval History at the University of Navarra.

Member of the Navarre committee of Culture (1991-2001 and since 2013), Vice-President of the Navarre Athenaeum (1997-2000), member of the Scientific committee of the Medieval programs of study Weeks programs of study Estella (1990-1999) and President of the Society programs of study Historical programs of study of Navarre (1990-1993). He is a Corresponding Academician for Navarra of the Royal Academy of History since 2003.

Disciple of Prof. A. J. Martín Duque, who directed his doctoral thesis , "Leire, un señorío monástico en Navarra (siglos IX-XIX)" (1993), he has focused his research on the medieval history of Navarre, the edition of documentary sources and medieval charters, monasticism in the Spanish average Ages, the life of St. Francis Xavier, etc. His books include guide de la Sección de Tribunales Reales del file General de Navarra (1986, in col. with C. Idoate); Sancho VII el Fuerte ( 1987); Sedes reales de Navarra ( 1991, dir.); Historia de Navarra. I. Antigüedad y Alta Edad average 1993, in col. with C. Jusué); conference proceedings de las Cortes de Navarra ( 1530-1829) (director, 1991-1996, 16 vols.); CODIPHIS. Catalog de colecciones diplomáticas hispano-lusas de época medieval (1999, 2 vols., in col. with J. Á. García de Cortázar and J. A. Munita); Los señores de Javier. Un linaje en torno a un santo (2006); Navarra: los límites del Reyno (2008, in col. with A. Floristán).

He has published more than 40 journal articles or book chapters, among which are the Colección de "fueros menores" de Navarra y otros privilegios locales (1982-1985); Los "fueros menores" y el señorío realengo en Navarra (siglos XI-XIV) ( 1985); partnership in Gran Atlas de Navarra. II. History (1986); The Royal committee of Navarre between 1494 and 1525 (1986); status and perspectives of the archives of Navarre (1987); Medieval documentation of Leire: Catalog (13th-15th centuries) (1992); The renewal of asceticism. Cister, Premontré, Cartuja (1994); Espacio rural y Structures señoriales en Navarra (1250-1350) (1995); Trayectoria histórica de las diócesis navarras (1996); Del reino de Pamplona al reino de Navarra (1134-1217), in Historia de España Menéndez Pidal, t. IX (1998); La quiebra de la soberanía navarra en Álava, Guipúzcoa y el Duranguesado (1199-1200) (2000); El señorío monástico altomedieval como espacio de poder (2002); De la tempestad al sosiego. Castilla y Navarra en la primera mitad del siglo XIII (2003); Fueros locales de Navarra ( 2004); Monjes y obispos: la Iglesia en el reinado de García Sánchez III el de Nájera (2005); Realidad política e ideal religioso en la vida de San Francisco Javier (2005); Una lámpara sobre el candelero (2006); El Císter en Navarra ( 2006); Ascenso, apogeo y crisis de un monasterio benedictino: San Salvador de Leire (11th-12th centuries) (2007); The expansion of the Cistercian Order in the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula (1140-1250) (2007); The edition of documentary sources for the study of the Hispanic average Age (2007); Correspondence between St. Francis Xavier and St. Ignatius of Loyola (2008); Monastic dominions in Navarre and the Crown of Aragon: Dynamics and historiography (2010); Documentary issues on the monastery of Sahagún and the implementation of the Benedictine Rule (in press); Collapse of the monarchy and survival of the kingdom: Navarre around 1512 (2012) and Documentary issues on the monastery of Sahagún and the implementation of the Benedictine Rule (2012).