Imperial Histories From Alfonso X To Inca Garcilaso: Revisionist Myths Of Reconquest And Conquest
Autor: González-Casanovas, Roberto
Editor : Scripta Humanistica
Descripción
This study situates medieval, renaissance, and colonial Spanish chronicles about the Reconquest of Iberia and Conquest of America in comparative cultural contexts of Iberian expansion. The book's purpose is not to survey or compare the chronicles themselves in terms of discrete traditions, contents, or forms, but rather to construct a critical model of national-imperial historiography as a discourse of cultural authority and reception. These issues are examined in relation to the authorial-editorial frames in works from Alfonso X of Castile and James I of Aragon to Columbus, Cortés, Cabeza de Vaca, Las Casas, Díaz del Castillo, and Inca Garcilaso; they are accompanied by parallel readings of Portuguese, French, and Italian works by Barcelos, Joinville, Compagni, and Camões.
Información Adicional
isbn: 1882528247Lugar de publicación: Potomac , Estados Unidos
Año de publicación: 1997
Páginas: 186
Idioma: Ingles
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Financiado por el Programa Kit Digital. Plan de Recuperación, Transformación y Resiliencia de España «Next Generation EU».

