From heroes to courtly knights
Axayacátl Campos García Rojas
This chapter offers a complete survey of Hispanic narrative on the subject chivalry. It starts with an introduction describing rise and development European medieval chivalry, how it became fictional matter for romances other literary works. The first section, which is focused “The Knight Swan”, included in Great Conquest Overseas, studies realistic historical prose toward fiction. In second Book Zifar starting point study romances, transformation heroic warrior into courtly knight, paying attention to Castilian political aspects that framed this work. third section surveys arrival presence Arthurian tradition Iberian Peninsula, was also combined Carolingian Classical traditions, besides folk motifs chivalry late Middle Ages, represented by Amadis Gaula. There brief at end explores chivalric Catalan literature emphasis Tirant lo Blanc.
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