Personal names are given in modern Catalan whereever possible. When the Catalan form is in doubt the name has been left as it appears in the documentation, but in italics. Place names in Catalonia are also given in modern Catalan. Outside Catalonia, place names conform either to standard English or to local usage. Common geographical names like the Pyrenees and the Ebro River conform to English usage, whereas less commonly known names are in Catalan (e.g., Besòs, Congost). Except when refferring to published works in Castilian, the Catalan form of "Montcada" has been employed, though with an anglicized plural.
    The count-kings have been numbered according to Catalan style.

There is no serious problem in dating documents up to the mid-twelfth century, assuming that all scribes were equally well informed about the dates of accession of the Capetian kings. Dates during Robert's reign have been rendered according to the evidence presented by Anscari Mundó ("La datació dels documents pel rei Robert a Catalunya," in Anuario de estudios medievales [1967], 4:13-34). From the reign of Alfons I, when dating by the year of the Incarnation became the custom, the new year generally seems to have begun on 25 March. There are exceptions to this, as well as such ambiguities as documents dated "in mense martii." The law of averages places most of those before 25 March; they have been attributed to the year following their nominal date (and have been rendered in the "new style") unless a compelling reason exists to date them from the twenty-fifth or later in the month.