Propaganda and Ideology in the Reign of Isabel I of Castile
by
Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2010
Legitimizing the Queen deals with a genre particular to the Middle Ages: the specula principum (mirror of prince). Its importance as an object of study may be understood in light of the political instability that wracked the Castilian fifteenth century. The many works written for and dedicated to...