Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504)
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2016 |
Outros Autores: | |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60374 |
Resumo: | [Excerpt] Introduction: This article explores the ways in which gender was used in order to transform an exiled and uneducated illegitimate child into a prince. Our study revolves around a member of the Portuguese royal family, Afonso (c.1480–1504), who was politically exiled during the reign of King João II (r.1481–1495), and later brought to the court after João‘s passing. His exile took a peculiar form: he was to grow up in hiding with peasants, only to learn his true genealogical identity when he was about fourteen years old. We will argue that there were two key aspects to this process of restoration. On one hand, family politics of different configurations had a major impact on his return. Although an illegitimate child, Afonso was a member of the royal family and political needs of the house Avis-Beja impelled King Manuel I (r.1495–1521) to rehabilitate him, thus acting like a parental figure in the absence of his biological father (Diogo, deceased in 1484). On the other, the introduction to his new status had to conform to a court environment where the ideals of chivalry formed part of an archetype of the expression of manhood. Both factors were linked in his transition to a new identity: leaving the peasantry and assuming a position where knightly masculinity was crucial to his political survival. All of this occurred in an atmosphere where confrontation between different forms of masculinity was frequent and the strict courtly hierarchy forced him to defer to his superiors in several ways; not only to King Manuel I, but also to his brother-in-law Fernando de Meneses (b.1463), the marquis of Vila Real, one of the most powerful courtiers of the time. [...] |
id |
RCAP_7323612ae75091fb284c21a3f1b125d6 |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/60374 |
network_acronym_str |
RCAP |
network_name_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository_id_str |
7160 |
spelling |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504)MasculinityChivalryNobilityCourt gamesFifteenth century portuguese courtHumanidades::História e Arqueologia[Excerpt] Introduction: This article explores the ways in which gender was used in order to transform an exiled and uneducated illegitimate child into a prince. Our study revolves around a member of the Portuguese royal family, Afonso (c.1480–1504), who was politically exiled during the reign of King João II (r.1481–1495), and later brought to the court after João‘s passing. His exile took a peculiar form: he was to grow up in hiding with peasants, only to learn his true genealogical identity when he was about fourteen years old. We will argue that there were two key aspects to this process of restoration. On one hand, family politics of different configurations had a major impact on his return. Although an illegitimate child, Afonso was a member of the royal family and political needs of the house Avis-Beja impelled King Manuel I (r.1495–1521) to rehabilitate him, thus acting like a parental figure in the absence of his biological father (Diogo, deceased in 1484). On the other, the introduction to his new status had to conform to a court environment where the ideals of chivalry formed part of an archetype of the expression of manhood. Both factors were linked in his transition to a new identity: leaving the peasantry and assuming a position where knightly masculinity was crucial to his political survival. All of this occurred in an atmosphere where confrontation between different forms of masculinity was frequent and the strict courtly hierarchy forced him to defer to his superiors in several ways; not only to King Manuel I, but also to his brother-in-law Fernando de Meneses (b.1463), the marquis of Vila Real, one of the most powerful courtiers of the time. [...](undefined)info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionBlackwell PublishingUniversidade do MinhoCarvalhal, HélderSá, Isabel dos Guimarães20162016-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/60374engHélder Carvalhal and Isabel dos Guimarães Sá, "Knightly Masculinity, Court Games and Material Culture in Late-medieval Portugal: the Case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504)", in Gender & History 28 (2) (August 2016), pp. 387-400. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.122140953-523310.1111/1468-0424.12214info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:18:57Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/60374Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:11:48.799051Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504) |
title |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504) |
spellingShingle |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504) Carvalhal, Hélder Masculinity Chivalry Nobility Court games Fifteenth century portuguese court Humanidades::História e Arqueologia |
title_short |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504) |
title_full |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504) |
title_fullStr |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504) |
title_full_unstemmed |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504) |
title_sort |
Knightly masculinity, court games and material culture in late-medieval Portugal: the case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504) |
author |
Carvalhal, Hélder |
author_facet |
Carvalhal, Hélder Sá, Isabel dos Guimarães |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Sá, Isabel dos Guimarães |
author2_role |
author |
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv |
Universidade do Minho |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Carvalhal, Hélder Sá, Isabel dos Guimarães |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
Masculinity Chivalry Nobility Court games Fifteenth century portuguese court Humanidades::História e Arqueologia |
topic |
Masculinity Chivalry Nobility Court games Fifteenth century portuguese court Humanidades::História e Arqueologia |
description |
[Excerpt] Introduction: This article explores the ways in which gender was used in order to transform an exiled and uneducated illegitimate child into a prince. Our study revolves around a member of the Portuguese royal family, Afonso (c.1480–1504), who was politically exiled during the reign of King João II (r.1481–1495), and later brought to the court after João‘s passing. His exile took a peculiar form: he was to grow up in hiding with peasants, only to learn his true genealogical identity when he was about fourteen years old. We will argue that there were two key aspects to this process of restoration. On one hand, family politics of different configurations had a major impact on his return. Although an illegitimate child, Afonso was a member of the royal family and political needs of the house Avis-Beja impelled King Manuel I (r.1495–1521) to rehabilitate him, thus acting like a parental figure in the absence of his biological father (Diogo, deceased in 1484). On the other, the introduction to his new status had to conform to a court environment where the ideals of chivalry formed part of an archetype of the expression of manhood. Both factors were linked in his transition to a new identity: leaving the peasantry and assuming a position where knightly masculinity was crucial to his political survival. All of this occurred in an atmosphere where confrontation between different forms of masculinity was frequent and the strict courtly hierarchy forced him to defer to his superiors in several ways; not only to King Manuel I, but also to his brother-in-law Fernando de Meneses (b.1463), the marquis of Vila Real, one of the most powerful courtiers of the time. [...] |
publishDate |
2016 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2016 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60374 |
url |
http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60374 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
Hélder Carvalhal and Isabel dos Guimarães Sá, "Knightly Masculinity, Court Games and Material Culture in Late-medieval Portugal: the Case of Constable Afonso (c.1480-1504)", in Gender & History 28 (2) (August 2016), pp. 387-400. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.12214 0953-5233 10.1111/1468-0424.12214 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
application/pdf |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Blackwell Publishing |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Blackwell Publishing |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP |
instname_str |
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
instacron_str |
RCAAP |
institution |
RCAAP |
reponame_str |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
collection |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informação |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
|
_version_ |
1799132551747469312 |