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The medieval chivalry and the first formation of the James I as chivalry-king in the Llibre dels Fets (c. 1252-1274)
Luciano José Vianna
Original title: A cavalaria medieval e a formação inicial de Jaime I como rei cavaleiro no Llibre dels Fets (c. 1252-1274)
Published in The chivalry and the art of war in the Ancient and Medieval World
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The figure of Francesc de Vinatea in the kingdom of Valencia. From the royal chronicle to the archival records (1331-1332)
Vicent BAYDAL SALA
Original title: A figura de Francesc de Vinatea no reino de Valência. Da crônica real aos documentos arquivísticos (1331-1332)
Published in Relations between History and Literature in Ancient and Medieval World
Francesc de Vinatea was called a medieval hero by the liberal historiography and he still occupies an important position in the collective imagination of the Valencian society. This consideration comes from the facts narrated in the chronicle of Pedro IV of Aragon, which, however, we now know that were altered by the monarch himself to improve his image. This manipulation is what we intend to reveal in this text, by comparing the narrative of the chronicle with archival data extracted from the Aragonese royal chancery documents.
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Alfred the Great and the holy lineage of Wessex: the construction of a myth of origins in Anglo-Saxon England
Elton O. S. MEDEIROS
Original title: Alfred o Grande e a linhagem sagrada de Wessex: a construção de um mito de origem na Inglaterra anglo-saxônica
Published in Relations between History and Literature in Ancient and Medieval World
In the end of 9th century, the actions taken by King Alfred the Great were decisive for the survival of the Anglo-Saxon England against the Vikings. His cultural revival would change the Anglo-Saxon society, reinforcing the defenses of the kingdom, the politics and enable the unification of England in the mid-10th century under king Athelstan’s reign. However, the main reason behind this revival was not cultural but a spiritual. For this task, inspired by the works like Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica, a myth of origins was forged. A myth that said the Anglo-Saxons were the spiritual heirs of the Hebrews of Old Testament. And their kings would be descendent of a holy lineage of a mysterious forth son of Noah. In this article we will analyze the elements of this myth, how was its construction and its importance for the Alfredian period.
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Beyond and the marginalized: notes on their relationship on the Castilian hagiographies in the XIII Century
Andréia Cristina Lopes Frazão da SILVA and Thalles Braga Rezende Lins da SILVA
Original title: O Além e os marginalizados: apontamentos sobre sua relação nas hagiografias castelhanas do século XIII
Published in Paradise, Purgatory and Hell: the Religiosity in the Middle Ages
In this article, we analyze two hagiographies written in the second half of the XIII century, known as Milagros de Nuestra Señora and Liber Mariae. Both were written in the kingdom of Castile, respectively, by Gonzalo de Berceo and Juan Gil de Zamora, clergy members with university education. However, the last was a Franciscan, who maintained relations with royalty, while the first was a priest with strong links with the monastic life. In their writings, the moral and didactical appeal directed to the Christians believers is also remarkable. Thus, through a comparative perspective and considering the historical context of the period, we will examine the representations of the marginalized present in the selected hagiographies, making some parallels between the place of the miracles, their social situation and their postmortem fate. For a better understanding of the question, we are also resorting to the associations that are made on the texts between the marginalized and the characters of the Virgin and the Devil, justly because they exemplify the models of inclusion or exclusion in these narratives.
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The new concept of the Crusades in the Catalan novel Curial e Güelfa (still about the first Humanism)
Júlia BUTIÑYÀ I JIMÉNEZ
Original title: El nou concepte de creuada al segle XV a través de la novella catalana Curial e Güelfa (encara sobre el primer Humanisme)
Published in The Middle Ages and the Crusades
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The measure of the Holy Land: the bula Ad Liberandam (1215) and institutionalization of the crusades
Leandro Duarte RUST
Original title: A medida da Terra Santa: a bula Ad Liberandam (1215) e a institucionalização das cruzadas
Published in The Middle Ages and the Crusades
This article presents some reflections on the existing relations between the pontifical politics and the history of the crusades in the early 13th century. We appeal to the analysis of Ad Liberandam, the bulla issued in 1215 by Innocent III to the convening of a new crusade to Jerusalem, in order to demonstrate how the Papacy transformed that notorious military mobilization in an unparalleled opportunity for the exercise and strengthening of the papal government. Through this association, the crusading expeditions were exposed to a vigorous process of institutionalization. This process allowed the Holy See redraws its media for social control and the strategies of domination projected by the popes on the seigniorial society.
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The image of the nobility, according to Rafael Martí de Viciana (16th century): from the medieval past to the imperial project
Vicent JOSEP ESCARTÍ
Original title: La imagen de la nobleza, según Rafael Martí de Viciana (s. XVI): del pasado medieval al proyecto imperial
Published in Aristocracy and nobility in the Ancient and Medieval World
The present paper makes an analysis of the concept of "nobility" throughout the work of the notary and valencian noble Rafael Martí de Viciana (1502-1582). Across his writings we can see clearly how Viciana, on the paper, combined the ancient and medieval origins of the local nobility with the privileges given by the crown in more recent times, to incorporate the nobles of his time to the new imperial project Carlos V for the Hispanic monarchy.
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The Christological nobility of animals in the medieval Bestiary: the Lion and the Unicorn examples
Pedro Carlos Louzada FONSECA
Original title: A nobreza cristológica de animais no bestiário medieval: o exemplo do Leão e do Unicórnio
Published in Aristocracy and nobility in the Ancient and Medieval World
This article examines aspects of creation and development of the medieval bestiary, and its moral and doctrinal significance for medieval Christianity. In the development of the study, an analytical and interpretative exam is done in relation to some animals which are considered noble due to their outstanding Christological symbolism, namely the lion and the unicorn.
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The knight to the divine in Ramon Llull: against the sin of the lust
Jordi Pardo Pastor
Original title: El caballero a lo divino en Ramon Llull: contra el pecado de la lujuria
Published in Mirabilia 1
The sense of this work consists on demonstrating a new literary model of medieval Knight. Therefore, by means of the influence of the Arab and oriental religious doctrine, the medieval Knight is transmuted, in the literary parameters, of a skillful Knight in the weapons to a being that it looks for in the world the essence of God. In the same way, to support this opinion is analysed the possible relationship with different episodes of medieval chivalry books with oneself leitmotiv.
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The Beautiful, the Harmony and the Order: the Aesthetics of Saint Augustine (354-430)
Khae Lhucas Ferreira PEREIRA
Original title: O Belo, a Harmonia e a Ordem: a Estética de Santo Agostinho (354-430)
Published in Languages and Cultures in Tradition
In Confessiones, Saint Augustine mentions his lost treatise De Pulchro et Apto. Throughout his life, the African philosopher did not write another specific essay on beauty, but in his immense collection of books he repeatedly addresses this theme. By gathering scattered literary fragments, this article proposes a possible approach to reconstruct the aesthetic concept of the Bishop of Hippo based on his understanding of Beauty, Harmony and Order as essential conditions of artistic ability.
