Memoria y modelo: una lectura de la Historia Roderici

Bautista, Francisco ^[1]
1. [1] Universidad de Salamanca
  
  Universidad de Salamanca
  
  Salamanca, España
Localización: Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, ISSN-e 1754-6567, ISSN 1754-6559, Vol. 2, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 1-30
Idioma: español
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Resumen
- This article examines the composition of the Historia Roderici and seeks to address the contexts of its production and the resulting implications. Given the general historical accuracy of the text, underscored and presented here in significant detail, this study proposes dating the text with certain proximity to the events it narrates. Furthermore, its relationship with the cultural milieu of Alfonso I of Aragon (r. 1104–34) and some of the initiatives undertaken in his time suggests placing the text in this context, which reveals a profound connection with the memory of Rodrigo Díaz. From these premises, the text is interpreted according to its chivalric and ideological content, as well as to the selection, presentation and manipulation of events. One of the objectives of the Historia Roderici would have been for the kingdom of Aragon to appropriate the symbolic potential of Rodrigo’s image. In sum, this article attempts to read the Historia Roderici beyond its documentary value, which has been the focus of almost all critical studies of the text.