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Writing, legitimacy and memory: slogans and badges of Alfonso V the Magnanimous (1416-1458)
Gema Belia CAPILLA ALEDÓN
Original title: Escritura, legitimidad y memoria: lemas y divisas de Alfonso V el Magnánimo (1416-1458)
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Keywords: Alphonsus V the Magnanimous, Badges, Crown of Aragon, Late Middle Ages, Slogans.
Alfonso V the Magnanimous, King of Aragon (1416-1458), due to his linking to the Neapolitan throne and his role in the European policy of the Quattrocento, built a speech of his image to represent himself to his contemporaries and to the posterity. His purpose was to prove his legitimacy as heir to Naples, to appear to his contemporaries as the new princeps sponsored by the Italian Humanism and to remain in memory like a virtuous Caesar. This speech was composed of numerous and varied pieces ranging from the field of numismatics to Sigillography passing through the tilework or epigraphy, to name a few, and among which stand out from those containing motes and symbols denoting some specific qualities of the sovereign. Therefore, the aim of this article is to analyze the use made by the king of this slogans and badges and to restore their chronological and symbolic place in the political and cultural program designed by the Magnanimous.
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The abolition of the right of ecclesiastical foreigners in Mallorca: attitudes and linguistic uses
Rosa CALAFAT VILA
Original title: L’abolició del dret d’estrangeria eclesiàstica a Mallorca: actituds i usos lingüístics
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Keywords: Abolition with civil alienation, Abolition with ecclesiastic alienation, Charles III, Councillors of Palma, Majorca.
The Decree of Nova Planta (1707-1715) ends with civil alienation in the Catalan-Aragonese Crown and, by extension, in 1723, with ecclesiastic alienation in Aragon, València and Barcelona; but not in Mallorca, where it is preserved until 1808. Using unpublished documentary contributions based on the declarations of the councillors of the city of Palma in the plenary meeting of January 12, 1808, we analyze the reasons argued by the local authorities to continue with ecclesiastical alienation, as well as the arguments of those who, out of love for the new state, stood against it. The abolition of such right is placed within the framework of what dictates the royal cedula of June 23, 1768. We also review the significance for the extension of Spanish language in the dioceses of Barcelona and Palma, of the presence of two Andalusian bishops whose mandates coincided partially; namely, Gavino de Valladares (Barcelona, 1775-1794) and Juan Díaz de la Guerra (Palma, 1772-1777).
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From Dream Fantasy to Spiritual Balance
Anna Isabel PEIRATS NAVARRO
Original title: De la fantasia del somni a l’equilibri espiritual
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Keywords: Dream, Fantasy, Il Corbaccio, Matheolus, Spill, Spiritual vision.
In this article we reflect on the meaning given to dreams in medieval literature. First, the dream is distinguished in the strict sense of the vision or dream revealing spiritual guarantee, which implies a change in behavior. From the sacred texts, the Bible and the Holy Parents, is reflected that the pleasing dream comes from the divine designs, while the bad dream has its origin in the evil one. The influence of sleep is a concern for all aspects of medieval society, to the point that moralists recommend being alert and not giving way to the influence of the dangers of the night. In the literature, from the experience of the Somnium Scipionis compiled by Macrobio in the sixth book of De Republica of Ciceron, or the romanic views of the Roman de la Rose, the relations regarding content, structure, form and rhetorical resources are recurring in works such as Il Corbaccio of Boccaccio, the Livre des Lamentations of Matheolus and the Spill of Jaume Roig.
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The Mudejar as an art style: a historiographical appraisal
José GÓMEZ GALÁN
Original title: El mudéjar como estilo artístico: una valoración historiográfica
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Keywords: Artistic Style, Cultural History, Historiography, History of Art, Mudejar Art.
In this article, a detailed analysis of the historiography of Mudejar art is followed from the birth of the concept in the 19th Century until the present, in order to determine if it is possible to define Mudejar as an independent artistic style. The main points for and against this view are presented and analyzed using as a reference base the most important scientific works carried out in this respect, many of which offer varying interpretations regarding the subject. After the historiographical and epistemological critique, arguments are presented which defend Mudejar art as a singular artistic phenomenon while also giving recognition to the fusion of Christian and Islamic art elements which was the fruit of an intense transfer of cross-cultural knowledge. In this way, it is possible to speak of Mudejar as a cultural expression and an artistic style that emerged from a special geographical location at a unique historical time.
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Que me podiesse lamar e sea daqui adelant principe de villena e de la otra tierra que jo he en el vuestro senyorio. Don Juan Manuel and the Crown of Aragon
José Vicente CABEZUELO PLIEGO
Original title: Que me podiesse lamar e sea daqui adelant principe de villena e de la otra tierra que jo he en el vuestro senyorio. Don Juan Manuel y la Corona de Aragón
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Keywords: Castile, Crown of Aragon, Juan Manuel, Kingdom of Valencia, Villena’s Manor, XIV Century.
This paper analyzes the relationship of the Manuel family (mainly through the nobleman Juan Manuel) with the Valencian domains of the King of Aragon through his properties in La Mancha and Murcia. These properties are studied from the time of the conquest of the Kingdom of Murcia by James II to Juan Manuel´s death in the mid-14th c. We also study the relationship between Juan Manuel and the kings of the Crown of Aragon regarding Castile within the context of contemporary Iberian historical event.
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Nicolau Primitiu and his presidency in lo rat penat and proa. A personal story (1933-1935)
Alaitz ZALBIDEA BERENGUER
Original title: Nicolau Primitiu i llur presidència a lo rat penat i proa. Un relat personal (1933-1935)
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Keywords: Diaries, Lo Rat Penat, Nicolau Primitiu, Proa, XXth Century.
This article aims to find, within the cultural and social context of the decade of the 30's, the ideal model of valencianist institution for the bibliòfil Nicolau Primitivo Gómez Serrano based on his diaries, specifically Dietari (1932- 1934) and Varia I (1934-1935), that coincide with his presidency in organizations such as Lo Rat Penat and Proa during the Second Spanish Republic, a period of Valencianist effervescence. The pages offer a new perspective, more personal and less “institutional” of the cultural history of the Valencian country, and more specifically, the events happened in the world of Valencianism and their institutions.
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Introduction
Antonio CORTIJO, Vicent MARTINES
Original title: Presentació
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John the Baptist in the Segon del Cartoixà, by Joan Roís de Corella
Jordi OVIEDO SEGUER
Original title: Joan el Baptista en el Segon del Cartoixà, de Joan Roís de Corella
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Keywords: Cartoixà, Joan Roís de Corella, Ludolph of Saxony, Vitae Christi.
In the field of religious-themed works of Roís de Corella, the work that is now presented is based on the peculiarity of one of the volumes, the second, that form the known as the Cartoixà, the catalan translation of the Vita Christi by Ludolph of Saxony, made by the valencian Joan Roís de Corella at the end of the 15th century. The Cartoixà is a work of own maturity, as constant features in Corella’s collection are gathered and characteristic nuances of our words are provided. The treatment of the figure of John the Baptist in the Segon will allow us to observe what are these and what elements distinguish the Cartoixà as part of creation, arising from a catechetical desire. This evangelical character symbolizes the passage between the Old Testament and the New; Corella will employ the resources of the literary language for the christocentric project that represents the Cartoixà.
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Lletraferides in the convent, a female writing in the 16th century
Francisco José CONEJERO PASCUAL
Original title: Lletraferides als convents, una escriptura femenina al segle XVI
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Keywords: 16th century, Catalan literary canon, Gender perspective, Jerónima d'Aragó, Lletraferides, Valencia, Women creators.
This article analyzes the importance of the «lletraferides» in the Catalan literary canon. This research goes deep into making visible the production of these women who directly or indirectly intervened in the literary praxis. Recognizing these leading figures is essential to be able to better understand society at that time and the literary fact. To unmask the literary praxis developed by these religious women, the inclusion of the gender perspective becomes apparent, since this methodology seems to echo the feminine literary fact despised by patriarchal normalization. Among these «lletraferides» we will emphasize Jerònima d’Aragó, since she is the promoter of the first version in the Iberian Peninsula to the Tractat dels diàlogos de la seràfica Caterina de Sena. The relevance of the holy Sienese throughout Europe is fundamental to the new way of understanding spirituality.
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The image of medieval Christian monarchy in the Secondary Education
Francesc GRANELL SALES, Andrea MARTÍNEZ CARRILLO
Original title: La imatge de la monarquia medieval cristiana en l’Educació Secundària Obligatòria
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Keywords: Historical Thinking, Medieval Age, Medieval monarchy, Royal image, Secondary Education, Text books.
Specialists in the Teaching of History unanimously accept that textbooks are the only –or the main– material used by teachers in Spain. Thus, this article analyzes the artistic images of the medieval Christian monarchy included in three school textbooks –one published by a major publisher and two by educational innovation groups – to confirm their use as a teaching resource. The results refer to didactic methodology, specifically to the ability to historical thinking.
