Medieval Iberian Historiography

A lenda da maldição de Dona Teresa é um episódio historiográfico cuja mais antiga versão conhecida surge na Primeira Crónica Portuguesa. Esta versão e as que lhe dão continuidade na cronística ibérica até à Crónica de Portugal de 1419 serão, neste artigo, analisadas e comparadas. De seguida, será também estudado o relato do desastre de Badajoz, cuja repercussão levou à criação da lenda da maldição de Dona Teresa.

On admet communement que l’Historia Legionensis (dite Silensis) offre une longue introduction historique a la vie d’Alphonse VI de Castille et Leon, qui pourtant, ne fut jamais ecrite, et ce peut-etre en raison d’un changement de plan redactionnel. Cependant, une analyse detaillee de la structure de la chronique montre qu’il s’agit bien d’une biographie incomplete d’Alphonse, dans laquelle une double digression historique et genealogique, visant a demontrer la legitimite lignagere du roi ainsi que sa mission providentielle, a ete inseree. Il est donc peu probable que la derniere partie de l’ouvrage n’ait pas ete redigee par hostilite ou apathie de la part de l’auteur. En revanche, on peut conclure que la chronique est effectivement restee inachevee pour des raisons independantes de la volonte de l’auteur (ce qui semble le plus probable), ou qu’elle nous est parvenue amputee de ses derniers chapitres en raison d’une transmission fautive.

This article deals with representations of Christian-Islamic confluence in the medieval Portuguese genealogical compilation known as Livro de Linhagens do Conde D. Pedro (Count Pedro's Book of Lineages), assembled in the mid-fourteenth century by Count Pedro of Barcelos. Several narratives dealing with the non-military interaction of Christians and Muslims are analysed in this article, which discusses their role in the aristocratic discourses of political legitimization. The article's main argument is that, when evoking ancestors who reinforced the family's prestige, medieval Portuguese aristocratic families considered ethnic and cultural origin as secondary to their ancestors' social status.

This article deals with representations of Christian-Islamic confluence in the medieval Portuguese genealogical compilation known as Livro de Linhagens do Conde D. Pedro (Count Pedro’s Book of Lineages), assembled in the mid-fourteenth century by Count Pedro of Barcelos. Several narratives dealing with the non-military interaction of Christians and Muslims are analysed in this article, which discusses their role in the aristocratic discourses of political legitimization. The article’s main argument is that, when evoking ancestors who reinforced the family’s prestige, medieval Portuguese aristocratic families considered ethnic and cultural origin as secondary to their ancestors’ social status.

Resumen: El desarrollo de la Arqueología Medieval peninsular en las últimas décadas ha tenido como consecuencia el surgimiento de una nueva generación de jóvenes investigadores e investigadoras. Sin embargo, las características de esta disciplina han generado un aislamiento e individualización de las los canales de comunicación y debate necesarios.

Muntaner was not a professional writer and composed only one work. He was rather a captain, a diplomat, a governor, a man very close to the Crown. His personal experience of war is witnessed in his Chronicle, according to two different narrative mechanisms: the technologization and the literarization of the described events. The defense during the Crusade against the Crown of Aragon (1283-1285) concretizes the author's peculiar dichotomy technologization-literarization of history, emphasizes a perfect military strategy and the final victory; the narration of expansion through the Mediterranean is developed both in the conquest of Djerba and the Kerkennah Islands (1309-1314) and in the campaign of Sardinia and Corsica (1323-1324), but from two different points of view: the former offers an exemple of self celebration, which is possible because of its relative relevance if compared with other epochal events related in work; the latter is based on the documentation that the admiral Carrós sent to the King, as Muntaner did not participate in it. Finally, the expedition of the Catalan Company to the East (1303-1308) synthetises all these features and represents one of the highest moments of the whole Crònica.

This article deals with representations of Christian-Islamic confluence in the medieval Portuguese genealogical compilation known as Livro de Linhagens do Conde D. Pedro (Count Pedro’s Book of Lineages), assembled in the mid-fourteenth century by Count Pedro of Barcelos. Several narratives dealing with the non-military interaction of Christians and Muslims are analysed in this article, which discusses their role in the aristocratic discourses of political legitimization. The article’s main argument is that, when evoking ancestors who reinforced the family’s prestige, medieval Portuguese aristocratic families considered ethnic and cultural origin as secondary to their ancestors’ social status.

This article presents a detailed study of two important manuscripts of the Estoria de Espanna copied in the fourteenth century: Q (BNE ms. 5795) and T (BMP ms. 550), paying special attention to their materiality. By means of the analysis of their mise en page, illumination, quire structure and palaeographical aspects, this paper aims at giving a more accurate picture of the production and reception context of both manuscripts, thus contributing to the study of the transmission and reformulation of the Alfonsine text in the central decades of the fourteenth century.

Para la redacción de las estorias alfonsíes, se tradujo completa la Farsalia de Lucano. Pero no se trata de la primera traducción romance de esta obra: el Fet des Romains la incluye también al historiar la vida de Julio César, y el traductor francés se comporta de un modo que en bastantes puntos puede compararse con el método de traducción adaptada característico de los alfonsíes. En este trabajo se analizan las concomitancias y diferencias entre las dos traducciones y la posibilidad de que los redactores alfonsíes hayan conocido la versión francesa.

El desarrollo de la Arqueología Medieval peninsular en las últimas décadas ha tenido como consecuencia el surgimiento de una nueva generación de jóvenes investigadores e investigadoras. Sin embargo, las características de esta disciplina han generado un aislamiento e individualización de las investigaciones y un desconocimiento significativo del panorama investigador actual. Este trabajo pretende ser una primera aproximación a la joven historiografía de la Arqueología altomedieval con el fin de generar un mayor conocimiento sobre la estructura científica de la disciplina que permita ir creando los canales y de comunicación y denate necesarios

La Historia Legionensis (antes Silensis) es considerada normalmente como la introducción a una vida de Alfonso VI de Castilla y León que no llegó a escribirse, quizá por un cambio de planes de su autor. Sin embargo, una consideración detenida de su estructura revela que en realidad toda ella es una biografía inconclusa de dicho monarca, en la que se inserta una cuña histórico-genealógica que legitima al rey en términos dinásticos y providenciales. No es posible, pues, suponer que la parte final dejase de componerse por rechazo o desidia, siendo preciso concluir que, o bien no llegó a redactarse por causas ajenas a la voluntad de su autor (que parece lo más probable) o bien que la sección final se perdió en el curso de una transmisión bastante defectuosa.