Alfonso V el Magnánimo y el Siti Perillós (1422-1458).
Alfonsus V the Magnanimous, King of Aragon (1416-1458), is an exceptional case to the political power representation, because he is the first european king in making an image speech of himself in which coexists and combines the values and the ways of medieval representation with the moderns sponsore...
| Published in: | Scripta no. 9; pp. 81 - 113 |
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| Summary: | Alfonsus V the Magnanimous, King of Aragon (1416-1458), is an exceptional case to the political power representation, because he is the first european king in making an image speech of himself in which coexists and combines the values and the ways of medieval representation with the moderns sponsored by the Italian Humanism. One of the most controversial and interesting elements inside his image speech are his royal emblems, medieval tradition elements that, precisely, not only remain but even gather steam in the advance at the use of the classical forms. One of this emblems is exactly which that has a closer relationship with the medieval tradition: the siege perilleous of the Saint Graal. The aim of this article is to analyze the use of this emblem made by the king and offer the reconstruction of its history like an specific evidence of his representative speech. Alfonso V el Magnánimo, Rey de Aragón (1416-1458), constituye un caso excepcional en la representación del poder político, ya que personifica el primer monarca europeo en articular un discurso de su imagen en el que conviven y se combinan los valores y modos de representación medievales con los modernos auspiciados por el Humanismo italiano. Uno de los elementos más controvertidos e interesantes de dicho discurso lo conforman sus emblemas reales, elementos de tradición medieval que, precisamente, no sólo se mantienen sino que incluso cobran vigor al avanzar el empleo de las formas clásicas. Uno de dichos emblemas es precisamente el que mayor relación guarda con la tradición literaria medieval: el siege perilleous del Saint Graal. El objetivo del presente artículo es, por tanto, analizar el uso que el monarca realizó de dicho emblema y ofrecer la reconstrucción de su historia como elemento concreto del discurso representativo alfonsino. |
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