As crónicas de Zurara: a corte, a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em Portugal no século XV

This article aims to analyse Gomes Eanes de Zurara’s chronicles, considering not only form and style, but also the message regarding the general purposes of the text. Chronicles were seen as “nobles' mirrors” based on chivalric principles, which functioned as a way of shaping aristocracy’s beha...

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Main Author: Miguel Aguiar
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Published: Instituto de Estudos Medievais 2018-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1580
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description This article aims to analyse Gomes Eanes de Zurara’s chronicles, considering not only form and style, but also the message regarding the general purposes of the text. Chronicles were seen as “nobles' mirrors” based on chivalric principles, which functioned as a way of shaping aristocracy’s behaviour, while simultaneously defining the competitivity amid that social group. Nonetheless, these texts can also be analysed as pieces of ‘propaganda’ on behalf of the crusade in North Africa, validating and reinforcing internally and externally the zeal and eagerness of this same movement.
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spelling doaj-art-d8bfb5df640a4051845dc075086f719b2025-01-30T10:53:29ZdeuInstituto de Estudos MedievaisMedievalista1646-740X2018-01-012310.4000/medievalista.1580As crónicas de Zurara: a corte, a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em Portugal no século XVMiguel AguiarThis article aims to analyse Gomes Eanes de Zurara’s chronicles, considering not only form and style, but also the message regarding the general purposes of the text. Chronicles were seen as “nobles' mirrors” based on chivalric principles, which functioned as a way of shaping aristocracy’s behaviour, while simultaneously defining the competitivity amid that social group. Nonetheless, these texts can also be analysed as pieces of ‘propaganda’ on behalf of the crusade in North Africa, validating and reinforcing internally and externally the zeal and eagerness of this same movement.https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1580Zurara; aristocracy; nobility; chivalry
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As crónicas de Zurara: a corte, a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em Portugal no século XV
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Zurara; aristocracy; nobility; chivalry
title As crónicas de Zurara: a corte, a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em Portugal no século XV
title_full As crónicas de Zurara: a corte, a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em Portugal no século XV
title_fullStr As crónicas de Zurara: a corte, a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em Portugal no século XV
title_full_unstemmed As crónicas de Zurara: a corte, a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em Portugal no século XV
title_short As crónicas de Zurara: a corte, a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em Portugal no século XV
title_sort as cronicas de zurara a corte a aristocracia e a ideologia cavaleiresca em portugal no seculo xv
topic Zurara; aristocracy; nobility; chivalry
url https://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1580
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