Alfonso XI, rey de la abundancia. Festines, generosidad y poder en la Baja Edad Media castellana

Article

Authorship

ASISS GONZÁLEZ, FEDERICO JAVIER

Date

2021

Publishing House and Editing Place

Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Magazine

Revista Iberoamericana de Viticultura, Agroindustria y Ruralidad, vol. 8 (pp. 51-67) - ISSN 0719-4994
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile

ISSN

0719-4994

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Securing abundance was a responsibility shared by the rulers of the Indo-European peoples since ancient times. As part of the third Dumézilian function, it was articulated in a tri-functional scheme that ensured the functioning of the Indo-European cosmos. This schematic organization survived the Christianization of Europe and was planned both in the tri-functional order of society and in the royal discourse. The identity of the king, his duties and powers were derived from this scheme, ... Securing abundance was a responsibility shared by the rulers of the Indo-European peoples since ancient times. As part of the third Dumézilian function, it was articulated in a tri-functional scheme that ensured the functioning of the Indo-European cosmos. This schematic organization survived the Christianization of Europe and was planned both in the tri-functional order of society and in the royal discourse. The identity of the king, his duties and powers were derived from this scheme, although the third function, being the earthliest of the three, was sublimated in more refined expressions. The feasts, the provision of food and wealth, the proper administration and the prosperity of the kingdom, in men and goods, are ways through which he manages to retain his image of rex abundantiae. In the context of these considerations, to analyze various characterizations of Alfonso XI and situations of his public life, which in appearance would respond to the conjunctural image of a courteous king, typical of the time, will allow us to understand the reasons why the chronicle or apologetic discourse is concerned with rescuing abundance as an inherent facet of the good medieval king. That is, it will enable us to read the feasts and the generosity in political terms.