Dom Duarte’s Leal C onselheiro within the context of M edieval Iberian texts of Authority

The influence of Alfonso X’s Siete Partidas and Alfonso de Cartagena's Memoriale Virtutum on the Leal Conselheiro

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/dim.v49i49.39326

Palabras clave:

Dom Duarte of Portugal; Alfonso de Cartagena – converso; sapiential literature.

Resumen

The first half of the 15th century in Portugal saw the publication of Portuguese king
Dom Duarte’s sapiential work, Leal Conselheiro in 1438. This work represented yet another
Portuguese literary piece that showed the influence of Castilian legislation (Siete Partidas) and
other sapiential work since the mid-13th century onward. One Castilian sapiential work that
influenced Dom Duarte was the Memoriale Virtutum by the converso Alfonso de Cartagena,
who was sent to Portugal on four diplomatic missions from 1421 to 1427. The Portuguese
Crown Prince, Dom Duarte, was in close contact with the Castilian envoy. It was purported
that upon request from the Crown Prince, the Castilian envoy, Alfonso de Cartagena, published
the Memoriale Virtutum. This close contact shows the mutual influence that both kingdoms had
on each other in the creation and publication of sapiential work.

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Biografía del autor/a

Jean-Pierre Castillejo, Universidade Aberta

BA in Political Economy of International Studies from UC Berkeley, MA in International Policy Studies from
Monterey Institute of International Studies and submitted in September 2022 his PhD thesis in Medieval Studies at the Universidade Aberta and Universidade NOVA in Lisbon, Portugal. jpcastillejo@yahoo.co.uk.

Publicado

03-02-2023