| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Oxford historical monographs.
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| Contents |
Intro; TITLE PAGE; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENTS; LIST OF MAPS; LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; 1: The Three Images of the King; The king as spiritual leader; The king as military leader; The king and his people; 2: The Future King: Literacy and Royal Education in Rhetoric; The practice of rhetoric; Conclusion; 3: Royal Speeches and Authorship; Research and composition; Royal authorship; Conclusion; 4: Usurpant Officia Sacerdotii: Royal Sermons; Introduction; Royal preaching in the crown of Aragon (1213-1336); Conclusion; 5: Pedro IV and his Sons: The Apotheosis of Royal Preaching |
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Conclusion6: Mythologies of State; History and the written tradition; The role of providence; Legitimacy and the growth of national feeling; Conclusion; 7: 'The word of the king is full of power': Kingship and Propaganda in Peace and War; Kingship and government; War and chivalry; Conclusion; 8: The Ceremonial of an Occasion: Royal Speeches and the Cortes; Ceremonial, organization, and spectacle; Ceremonial, language, and the replies of the estates; Ceremonial, sacrality, and the ideology of the cortes; Conclusion |
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APPENDIX: A list of the Kings of the Royal House of Aragon and their Major SpeechesBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
In the 13th and 14th centuries, the crown of Aragon was a rapidly expanding and powerful political unit with an original form of government. This book explores the nature of its political discourse and persuasion, illuminating the key ideas shared by the king and the political classes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Royal houses -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources
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Propaganda -- Spain -- Aragon -- History -- To 1500 -- Sources
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Kings and rulers
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Politics and government
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Propaganda
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Royal houses
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Retorica.
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Vorsten.
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Redes.
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Politieke cultuur.
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Aragon (Spain) -- Kings and rulers
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Aragon (Spain) -- History -- 711-1516
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Spain -- Politics and government -- To 1479 -- Sources
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| Subject |
Spain
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Spain -- Aragon
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9786610446834 |
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6610446830 |
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9780199251858 |
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0199251851 |
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9780191554797 |
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0191554790 |
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9780191719073 |
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0191719072 |
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