A Reconsideration of the English Sources of La coronación de la señora Gracisla

In response to a study by Louise M. Haywood, Joseph J. Gwara challenges her interpretation of La coronación de la señora Gracisla, an anonymous work discovered in 1976, as a defense of Catherine of Aragon’s virginity and hence an implicit justification for her second marriage to Henry VIII of Engla...

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Main Author: Joseph J. Gwara
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2018-12-01
Series:Medievalia
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Online Access:https://www.revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/medievalia/index.php/mv/article/view/354
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description In response to a study by Louise M. Haywood, Joseph J. Gwara challenges her interpretation of La coronación de la señora Gracisla, an anonymous work discovered in 1976, as a defense of Catherine of Aragon’s virginity and hence an implicit justification for her second marriage to Henry VIII of England. Rejecting this hypothesis, Gwara attributes the work to Juan de Flores, viewing it as a juvenile divertissement written c. 1475 to celebrate the engagement of Leonor de Acuña and Pedro Alvarez Osorio, both members of the Castilian aristocratic elite. This interpretation of Gracisla is based on a detailed analysis of stylistic, codicological, genealogical, and historical evidence.
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A Reconsideration of the English Sources of La coronación de la señora Gracisla
Medievalia
La coronación de la señora Gracisla
Juan de Flores
Catherine of Aragon
Henry VIII of England
Leonor de Acuña
Pedro Alvarez Osorio
title A Reconsideration of the English Sources of La coronación de la señora Gracisla
title_full A Reconsideration of the English Sources of La coronación de la señora Gracisla
title_fullStr A Reconsideration of the English Sources of La coronación de la señora Gracisla
title_full_unstemmed A Reconsideration of the English Sources of La coronación de la señora Gracisla
title_short A Reconsideration of the English Sources of La coronación de la señora Gracisla
title_sort reconsideration of the english sources of la coronacion de la senora gracisla
topic La coronación de la señora Gracisla
Juan de Flores
Catherine of Aragon
Henry VIII of England
Leonor de Acuña
Pedro Alvarez Osorio
url https://www.revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/medievalia/index.php/mv/article/view/354
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