Memory, Media, and Empire in the Castilian Romances of Antiquity

Clara Pascual-Argente, Ph.D. (2010), Georgetown University, is Associate Professor of Spanish at Rhodes College. She has published many articles on the creative transformations and political significance of classical narratives during the Iberian Middle Ages.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction1The Castilian Romances of Antiquity in Their European Context2Cultural Memory and the Romances of Antiquity3Alexander’s Heirs1 Mirroring Monuments: Reflecting on the Media of Memory in the Libro de Alexandre and the Libro de Apolonio1Monumental Memory in the Libro de Alexandre1.1The Persian Tombs: Erasing Representational Friction1.2Word, Image, and Mise en Abyme in Achilles’s Sepulcher1.3Historia and Figura2Memory, Identity, and Visuality in the Libro de Apolonio2.1A Monumental Frame2.2Metanarrative Proliferation2.3From Memory to Written Record?2 Remembering (for) Empire in the Libro de Alexandre and Its Literary Lineage (Poema de Fernán González, Poema de Alfonso Onceno)1Remembering (at) Troy in the Libro de Alexandre2Trojan Lessons in the Poema de Fernán González2.1Trojan Past, Iberian Past2.2A Monastic Troy3Fulfilling Promises in the Poema de Alfonso XI3 A Tale of Two Troys: Remediating the Roman de Troie in Alfonso XI’s Court1“Sin Pecado:” The Libro de Alexandre, a Sinless Romance of Antiquity2“Rex Dogma Dat Hyspanis:” Monarch and Media in the General Estoria3The Twin Troys3.1“Mester de cavallería:” Chivalric Community in the Crónica troyana de Alfonso XI3.2“Esto amor lo faze:” Love’s Community in the Historia Troyana Polimétrica3.3Media, Mediators, and Community at the Court of Alfonso XI4 From Empire to Exile: Troy in 14th-century Castile1Alfonso’s Imperial Troy1.1Castilian Empire, Greek Heroes1.2Marinids as Trojans2A Turning Point: Pedro’s Troy2.1Empire: The Historia troyana de Pedro I2.2Exile: Galician Troys3Catalina’s Troy: A Restoration?3.1Two Trojan Compilations: Sumas de Historia Troyana and Confisión del Amante3.2Troy and Petrismo in El VictorialConclusionAppendixBibliography