Papers by Mirko Suzarte Škarica
El canon en la historia, 2025
En Paola Corti, Rodrigo Moreno y José Antonio Valdivia (eds.) El canon en la historia, Trea, 2025... more En Paola Corti, Rodrigo Moreno y José Antonio Valdivia (eds.) El canon en la historia, Trea, 2025, pp. 329-344.
El capítulo explora los modelos de representación regia en relaciones de sucesos del siglo XVII y la proyección de la monarquía como garante de un orden universal cristiano, o más precisamente, cristiano católico; orden que, a su vez, está encabezado por monarcas de la mayor excelencia y virtuosismo, a la par de los héroes míticos de la Antigüedad, o como dignos sucesores de sus excelsos antepasados. El capítulo nace a partir de una ponencia leída en las XI Jornadas Internacionales de Teoría y Filosofía de la Historia realizadas en agosto de 2023 en la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Viña del Mar, Chile), y que tuvieron como tema "El canon en la historia". |
CHRISTIAN MONARCHY, VIRTUOUS KINGS: THE ROYAL CANON IN 17th CENTURY SPANISH NEWS PAMPHLETS.
The chapter explores models of royal representation in 17th Century Spanish News Pamphlets, and the image of the monarchy as protector of a universal Christian—or more precisely, Catholic—order. This order is, in turn, led by monarchs of the highest excellence and virtuosity, comparable to that of some mythical heroes of Antiquity, as worthy successors to their illustrious ancestors. The chapter was read at the 11th International Conferences on Theory and Philosophy of History, held in August 2023 at Adolfo Ibáñez University (Viña del Mar, Chile), which centered on the theme "The Canon in History."
Rechtsgeschichte Legal History, Sep 2023
By analyzing the encounters at the borders between the Kingdom of Castile and Granada, and those ... more By analyzing the encounters at the borders between the Kingdom of Castile and Granada, and those on the Canary Islands, this paper delves into the dynamics of slavery and captivity practiced by Christians, Muslims, and the Indigenous inhabitants of the Canarias archipelago between the 15th and 16th centuries. Legal and judicial documents from this period show how common human trafficking was in the peripheries of the Spanish dominions even before the overseas expansion. This activity often included revolts, horseback raids, robberies, death, the capture and enslavement of people, and other notions such as slavery under ›just war‹, which sometimes blurred the margins between slavery and captivity. Whether at sea or on land, life in the frontier was a difficult one, with people exposed to many dangers. Furthermore, these local practices had global significance once the Spanish Empire expanded its frontiers to America and beyond.
Intus-Legere Historia, 2021
Durante el siglo XVIII, la aristocracia y la élite gobernante de América utiliza el género del re... more Durante el siglo XVIII, la aristocracia y la élite gobernante de América utiliza el género del retrato como plataforma propagandística por medio de la cual manifiesta su adhesión a la Corona y al gobierno virreinal. Posteriormente, la proliferación de las ideas ilustradas por el continente genera un proceso de transformación artística, permitiendo que nuevos grupos ocupen este soporte para instalarse como iguales ante el poder español; evolución que se ve interrumpida en Chile por el proceso de reconquista (1814-1817). La obra de Gil de Castro aquí analizada da cuenta de este momento en particular en el que familias y grupos leales al gobierno imperial recuperan aquellos elementos, símbolos y estructuras propias del retrato de ostentación originario, abriéndose un paréntesis histórico en lo que son las formas de representación del poder. | FIDELITY, INDIVIDUALITY AND MONARCHY. NOTES ABOUT VICEREGAL PORTRAITURE DURING THE RECONQUEST TAKEN FROM THE IMAGE OF VICENTE EGIDIO GARCÍA HUIDOBRO Y MORANDÉ, 3RD MARQUIS OF CASA REAL
During the 18th century, America’s aristocracy and ruling elite uses the portrait genre as a platform of propaganda by which they express their allegiance to the Crown and the viceregal government. Enlightened ideas then spread through the continent, triggering a process of artistic transformation that allows new groups to use portraits as a way to place themselves as equals before the Spanish power, evolution that gets interrupted in Chile by the Reconquista (1814-1817). Painter Gil de Castro’s work analysed here evidences this particular moment in which families and other groups loyal to the imperial government go back to those elements, symbols and structures that characterised court portraits in its origins, thus opening a historical parenthesis in the ways of the representation of power. | https://intushistoria.uai.cl/index.php/intushistoria/article/view/432
Journal Articles by Mirko Suzarte Škarica
Rechtsgeschichte – Legal History 31, 2023
, the United States Senate unanimously passed legislation to label January as »National Trafficki... more , the United States Senate unanimously passed legislation to label January as »National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month […] to raise awareness of, and opposition to, human trafficking and modern slavery«. The text acknowledges that despite international treaties, national laws, and acts, nowadays there are still around 50 million children, men, and women subject to human trafficking and modern slavery. 1 These numbers are similar, if rather higher, than previous counts. A United Nations report released in 2017 estimated that 25 million human beings worked in coerced and abusive conditions, while 15 million were forcefully married. It counted 40 million enslaved people in the world up to that date. 2 National and international studies reveal * I thank Thomas Duve for all his support in the collaborative Partner Group »Towards a renewed legal history of indigenous labor and tribute extraction in the Spanish Empire« as well as in this Focus dossier. The papers in this Focus underwent various workshops, and each author acknowledges the respective participants. I want to thank those who participated in the kickoff workshop: Diego Melo, Ángel Gordo, and Luis Rojas Donat, for their invaluable suggestions and comments at such an early stage of the Partner Group. I am also grateful to have worked with Manuel Bastias, first, and then Luisa Coutinho, who served as liaisons with the Max Planck Institute through the Glocalising Normativities (GloNo) project. My thanks go to Thomas Rothe at the Catholic University of Temuco, Chile, for his translations of earlier versions. Finally, I am grateful to the members of the Partner Group
Conference Presentations by Mirko Suzarte Škarica
Ponencia aceptada para publicación durante el 2025.
This paper discusses the acts of sovereignty performed by Charles II of England on his way to Lon... more This paper discusses the acts of sovereignty performed by Charles II of England on his way to London for his coronation after the restoration of the monarchy. Processions and triumphal entries of kings and queens were common in Medieval and Early Modern times and scholars have largely discussed the artistic and theatrical dimensions of these occasions. This proposal, though, centres its attention on the rites that were meant to signify the symbolic appropriation of the cities and the realm, particularly the offering of the keys to the city, the creation of knights and the kissing of hands, all of which were performed by Charles II, declaring his sovereignty as the restored and lawful monarch. Some of these acts were inspired in the Roman triumphs of Antiquity, as were also the mythological motifs and allegories displayed in the ornaments that transfigured the cities. We also discuss the exchanging of gifts as an act of homage and recognition of the new king, but also as the proclamation of local identities. The source for this analysis is a group of Spanish News Pamphlets (Relaciones de Sucesos) from 1660 that narrate the king’s journey from the Netherlands until his arrival in London, showing us the interest that the Spanish Court had in presenting Charles II, a Catholic ally, as the legitimate monarch of England.
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Papers by Mirko Suzarte Škarica
El capítulo explora los modelos de representación regia en relaciones de sucesos del siglo XVII y la proyección de la monarquía como garante de un orden universal cristiano, o más precisamente, cristiano católico; orden que, a su vez, está encabezado por monarcas de la mayor excelencia y virtuosismo, a la par de los héroes míticos de la Antigüedad, o como dignos sucesores de sus excelsos antepasados. El capítulo nace a partir de una ponencia leída en las XI Jornadas Internacionales de Teoría y Filosofía de la Historia realizadas en agosto de 2023 en la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Viña del Mar, Chile), y que tuvieron como tema "El canon en la historia". |
CHRISTIAN MONARCHY, VIRTUOUS KINGS: THE ROYAL CANON IN 17th CENTURY SPANISH NEWS PAMPHLETS.
The chapter explores models of royal representation in 17th Century Spanish News Pamphlets, and the image of the monarchy as protector of a universal Christian—or more precisely, Catholic—order. This order is, in turn, led by monarchs of the highest excellence and virtuosity, comparable to that of some mythical heroes of Antiquity, as worthy successors to their illustrious ancestors. The chapter was read at the 11th International Conferences on Theory and Philosophy of History, held in August 2023 at Adolfo Ibáñez University (Viña del Mar, Chile), which centered on the theme "The Canon in History."
During the 18th century, America’s aristocracy and ruling elite uses the portrait genre as a platform of propaganda by which they express their allegiance to the Crown and the viceregal government. Enlightened ideas then spread through the continent, triggering a process of artistic transformation that allows new groups to use portraits as a way to place themselves as equals before the Spanish power, evolution that gets interrupted in Chile by the Reconquista (1814-1817). Painter Gil de Castro’s work analysed here evidences this particular moment in which families and other groups loyal to the imperial government go back to those elements, symbols and structures that characterised court portraits in its origins, thus opening a historical parenthesis in the ways of the representation of power. | https://intushistoria.uai.cl/index.php/intushistoria/article/view/432
Journal Articles by Mirko Suzarte Škarica
Conference Presentations by Mirko Suzarte Škarica