O concubinato como estratégia de poder no baixo medievo: o caso de D. Leonor de Guzmán e Alfonso XI de Castela (séc. XIV)

• Autor(a) principal: Misquilin, Lara Fernanda Portilho dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFG
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/7636
• topic: Nobreza; Concubinato; Poder; Alfonso XI; Leonor de Guzmán; Nobility; Concubinage; Power; Alfonso XI; Leonor de Guzmán; CIENCIAS HUMANAS::HISTORIA

The present paper aims to discuss the royal-nobility relations during the reign of Alfonso XI of Castile (1311-1350), with a view to his copacetic relationship with the noble Sevillian Leonor de Guzmán (1310-1351). This research investigates the relationships built between Alfonso XI and his concubine’s family as a feasible means of their royal governance in interchange with the fourteenth-century context marked by the crusades mission against Moors and Muslims, which was installed in the Iberian Peninsula; the internal political situation in Castile; and diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Portugal during the reign of the monarch. So, in this work we examine the strategies of matrimonial agreements adopted during the rule of Alfonso XI and the analysis of his non-marital relationship with Leonor de Guzmán. And in addition, its political developments as a strategy to empower a royal supremacy as the political instability was established (the purpose of this research) as dialogue of medieval royalty and nobility spheres acting like political forces that complement each other, sometimes by disputes and conflicts, or by solidarity and mutual support. That way, it seems unsatisfactory to support the relationship of Alfonso XI with Leonor de Guzmán in emotional matters in a society that had affection in second plan. There for, we stress the importance and convenience for the regal in maintaining close relations with the noble alignment of the family.